{"id":131632,"date":"2025-12-16T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=131632"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:55:11","slug":"donovans-brutal-wake-up-call-to-giants-im-not-coming-while-dodgers-prepare-to-swoop-in-and-snatch-him-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=131632","title":{"rendered":"Donovan&#8217;s Brutal Wake-Up Call to Giants: &#8220;I&#8217;m Not Coming&#8221; \u2013 While Dodgers Prepare to Swoop In and Snatch Him Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brendan-donovan-st-louis-cardinals.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brendan-donovan-st-louis-cardinals.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brendan-donovan-st-louis-cardinals.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/brendan-donovan-st-louis-cardinals.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Giants Get Blunt Brendan Donovan Message Amid Dodgers Link\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by John Fisher\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The St. Louis Cardinals\u2018 Brendan Donovan could be causing a battle between National League West rivals the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. With the MLB Winter Meetings now in the rear view, the trade market is beginning to heat up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On December 10, <\/span>Katie Woo and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reported <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, citing a league source, that Donovan remains on the Dodgers\u2019 radar. Meanwhile, <\/span>Woo reported on December 13 <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, citing sources familiar with negotiations, that the Seattle Mariners and Giants have emerged as front-runners for Donovan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amid rumors linking Donovan to the Dodgers and Giants, NBC Sports Bay Area\u2019s Alex Pavlovic shared his thoughts on San Francisco\u2019s interest in the Cardinals\u2018 versatile player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou think of adding someone like Donovan to the core they already have and maybe trying to slug next year to see where you\u2019re at, while hoping some of the young pitching comes along; I still don\u2019t think that\u2019s the way to win in San Francisco,\u201d <\/span>Pavlovic said on the December 15 edition of \u201cGiants Talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think Donovan makes a lot of sense to be involved in that market, and it does potentially open things up. If you have that guy at second base, it opens up your current second baseman as someone you can include in trades for pitching. There are a lot of different ways this could go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Giants Insider Gives More Words on Brendan Donovan Rumor<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Moreover, Pavlovic stated what he\u2019s hearing about what the Giants would need to give up <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">if they want<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to edge the Mariners, Dodgers, or any other team to land the Cardinals\u2019 utility player. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019ve heard they want young controllable starting pitching. You look at the weird <\/span>Royals-Brewers trade [on December 14] <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, where it turns out Milwaukee just really wanted that lefty, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> they\u2019re like, \u2018We can fix them.\u2019 <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are teams that\u2019ll<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> do that, and maybe a team looks at Carson Whisenhunt or Hayden Birdsong and goes, \u2018We love that. We\u2019ve always loved that guy. We wanted him in the draft.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey can trade some of those guys. I also think they need them in-house to fill. That\u2019s where I just kind of go back to: If you\u2019re trying to find an improvement at second base, and you have to trade a couple young pitchers away, that just further strips away from your pitching depth chart, which is not great at the moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Would the Cardinals Want?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the report from Woo on the Giants\u2019 interest, she revealed the prospect names the Cardinals could want in a trade for Donovan, who hit .287 with 132 hits, 10 home runs, 50 RBIs, and 64 runs scored in 118 games in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSeveral top prospects have been discussed in negotiations, including infielder Gavin Kilen and left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, according to a league source,\u201d Woo wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s believed at least two organizational prospects will be required to land Donovan, who has acquired interest from over half the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBoth Seattle and San Francisco also remain engaged in trade talks with Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte, with the Giants exploring all options \u2014 both via trade and free agency \u2014 at second base.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Razo Eduardo Razo is a sports journalist covering the NFL for Heavy.com. He previously covered the league for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area &amp; California, and has contributed as a freelance writer for The Sporting News. He also served as an editor for Athlon Sports and Heavy Sports focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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