​Giants get significant trade update amid Matt Chapman’s surgery originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The San Francisco Giants sold at the 2026 MLB trade deadline, parting with Luis Arraez, Tyler Mahle, Robbie Ray, and Heliot Ramos.Looking ahead to the 2026-2027 MLB offseason, the Giants could be looking to sell a few more players, with names like Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers, Jung Hoo Lee, and Willy Adames as players to watch.However, as USA Today’s Bob Nightengale notes, the Giants’ trade plans, if there were any, with Chapman are likely over. The Gold Glove-winning third baseman is undergoing season-ending surgery, likely ending any chance he’s dealt this offseason.Matt Chapman’s season-ending surgery likely ends trade option for Giants”San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman is expected to undergo season-ending surgery for a sports hernia this week, all but ending any shot of the Giants trading him away during the winter,” Nightengale writes.Chapman was someone rumored to be available at the 2026 MLB trade deadline, but his injury kept him out of trade talks, and now, surgery should do the same for the offseason.The 33-year-old infielder is under contract through the 2030 season on a six-year, $151 million contract. He’s going to make a lot of money over these next few seasons, and the Giants likely would be okay trading him away.MORE: Tigers feared Tarik Skubal’s trade market would disappear if they waited too long to trade himBut, with this surgery likely keeping Chapman out for a while, the Giants will probably not be able to find a team willing to trade for the expensive veteran infielder this offseason, especially with the 2027 MLB season a question mark.Chapman finishes his 2026 season with 2.9 bWAR, seven home runs, a .235 batting average, and .692 OPS with a career-worst 97 OPS+.An older, injured, and regressing player on a massive contract is not the kind of veteran that teams will want to acquire this offseason.Chapman’s trade odds are just about gone, with the veteran infielder now likely to stick with the Giants for the foreseeable future, until he returns from injury and sparks trade interest down the road.More MLB news:Phillies receive slightly worrying 65% playoff odds projection from ESPNRed Sox get 8.2% chance to win World Series, which is more than Yankees’ oddsEx-MLB GM wishes Braves had traded 22-year-old RHP prospect for Orioles’ All-Star Trevor RogersDave Dombrowski reveals why Phillies didn’t trade for a righty-hitting outfielderBrewers ‘toyed’ with idea of trading for Padres closer Mason Miller