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Giants receive 'pessimistic' trade update on Rafael Devers, Willy Adames

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The San Francisco Giants are strongly trending towards selling at this year's MLB trade deadline. While the full extent of their fire sale isn't known, it appears that some of the big names might be available for trade.

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Other than Logan Webb and maybe even Jung Hoo Lee, the Giants have seemingly opened the door for a trade of Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers, or Willy Adames alongside Luis Arraez and Robbie Ray.

However, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the trade update on Adames and Devers isn't exactly good news for the Giants, as the club is reporting "pessimistic" that a trade with either could come to fruition for one simple reason: money.

Giants 'pessimistic' they can trade Devers or Adames

"They're pessimistic about the odds of trading Rafael Devers or Willy Adames with their bloated contracts," Nightengale reports.

The Giants are likely sellers this summer, but the chance of seeing either Adames or Devers being traded looks slim at this point.

Why this is the case is very straightforward: both Devers and Adames are under contract on deals far-too-large for teams to be interested in adding this summer.

Devers is in year-three of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract that began in 2024 and runs through the 2033 season. That's a lot of money an acquiring team would have to take on, or make up for in a trade if the Giants eat some of the contract.

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Adames isn't much better, as he's in the second season of a seven-year, $182 million contract that runs through the 2032 season.

Both sluggers would cost a ton to acquire alone, not to mention the financial aspect, which makes a trade a lot trickier, especially with an uncertain collective bargaining agreement upcoming for MLB.

While they might have teams interested in a vacuum, their contract situations make a trade very difficult to pull off, much harder than Chapman, who is under contract for only four more seasons at $100 million total.

Another reason why is simple: unlike Chapman, both Devers and Adames are struggling this season. Between their lackluster production, their massive contracts, and the tricky nature of a trade, neither Adames nor Devers is looking likely to be dealt this summer.

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Murtazali Magomedov: I'm 145's 'new highlight' after rare UFC twister

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LAS VEGAS – Murtazali Magomedov met the media Saturday after his win over Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC Fight Night 279.

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Magomedov (11-0 MMA, 11-0 UFC) pulled off a stunning first-round submission of Baghdasaryan (8-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas with just the fourth twister in UFC history.

After his bonus-winning stoppage, Magomedov said the move was a new one in his arsenal and dished on how he picked it up.

"This exact twister was shown to me by a brother of mine, Askar Askarov," Magomedov told MMA Junkie and other reporters at his post-fight news conference. "He was the one who taught me this specific move. I started training it and training it and training it, and eventually it started working in practice.

"In the fight itself, once I took his back, it was on autopilot. I saw it, and I knew I was going to (get the twister). He was here in Vegas about a month ago, and this is what we worked on."

Askarov went 3-1-1 in the UFC, but was released after a history of weight issues. His wins in the promotion, however, include one over former flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja.

Given Magomedov was making his UFC debut after a first-round knockout on DWCS this past season, he was hesitant to call out anyone specific in the featherweight division. Instead, he said he'll be gradually showing what he can bring to the table in the weight class the more he fights.

And if the 26-year-old has his way, that could be frequently.

"I want to be active and fight every three, four months," Magomedov said. "The featherweight division is very interesting, but now we don't have big names. I think I can be a new highlight. I have 11 wins, 11 finishes, and I've just started to show my skills and techniques."

Check out Magomedov's post-fight interview in the video above.

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Murtazali Magomedov breaks down rare twister at UFC Fight Night 279

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Rails Interview #1: The N+1 Query Problem

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