The San Francisco Giants missed the postseason for the third straight season in 2024 after finishing with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.
Residing in the National League West could be part of the reason that the Giants are struggling to make the postseason.
The Giants’ bullpen appeared to struggle towards the end of the regular season, and this included their 2023 all-star closer Camilo Doval falling apart and losing his closer role.
According to B/R Walk-Off on ‘X,’ Giants beat writer Susan Slusser revealed that there are a few teams with interest in Doval.
He lost the closing role to Ryan Walker last year in SF pic.twitter.com/61IHcpB006
Doval struggled toward the ladder part of the season with the Giants and eventually lost his closer role to Ryan Walker.
After a career-high 39 saves and a sub-three earned run average in 2023, Doval struggled in 2024 as he had 23 saves with a 4.88 earned run average.
It got so bad for Doval that he was sent down to Triple-A Sacramento at one point in the season with the Giants.
Slusser revealed that even with his down year, there are still a few teams who have an interest in adding Doval to their roster next season.
Doval has shown that he is capable of being dominant and a shutdown closer, but the question will be if he can get back to that form.
The Giants will have to improve their roster if they want to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League West title in 2025.
Although they have missed the postseason the past three seasons, the Giants have won three World Series titles in the last 15 seasons.