The San Francisco Giants are reportedly open to offers for Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Matt Chapman before the 2026 MLB trade deadline, and moving all three would have a major impact on the club’s payroll picture.
Buster Olney reported on 16 June 2026 that the Giants are open to offers for their three highest-paid position players.
According to Spotrac’s luxury-tax figures, trading all three with no retained money would remove $80,319,353 in luxury-tax AAV from San Francisco’s books.
That is the clean version. The reality of payroll management is rarely that simple.
The Giants have more than $80m tied up in three position players
Spotrac lists Devers at $29,152,686 in luxury-tax AAV for 2026. Adames is at $26,000,000, while Chapman is at $25,166,667.
Combined, that is $80,319,353. That number matters because luxury-tax payroll is based on average annual value, not just the current season’s cash salary.
If the Giants moved all three without retaining any money, that figure would come off their luxury-tax payroll.
That makes $80.3m the cleanest headline number. It should still be treated as a theoretical maximum, not a guaranteed saving.
Why that payroll figure is only the starting point
The Giants have not committed to trading Devers, Adames or Chapman. They are listening, not selling, and those are different positions.
Chapman has a full no-trade clause, so he would need to approve any deal.
Devers’ contract runs through 2034, which adds long-term complexity to any clean salary-clearing trade.
Those details make the $80.3m figure more of a ceiling than a forecast. Even if all three players were traded, the actual savings would depend on how the deals were structured.
Any serious trade conversation could involve salary retention, limited markets or player approval.
Still, the financial implication is clear. If the Giants are willing to discuss Devers, Adames and Chapman together, they are not just testing the market for minor deadline moves.
They are testing whether a roster built around expensive position-player contracts can become more flexible.
The headline number is $80,319,353 in luxury-tax AAV. The real story is how difficult it would be to turn that theoretical saving into a clean deadline reset.
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