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Kansas City Royals: Five trade destinations for Wade Davis

By Jason Evans

Sep 10, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Wade Davis (17) delivers a pitch during the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Kansas City won 6-5. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Wade Davis (17) delivers a pitch during the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Kansas City won 6-5. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 11, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Moore (45) and catcher Buster Posey (28) talk on the mound during game four of the 2016 NLDS playoff baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Moore (45) and catcher Buster Posey (28) talk on the mound during game four of the 2016 NLDS playoff baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports /

San Francisco Giants

If there is ANY club that could use a game-changer at the end of games, it is certainly the San Francisco Giants. We learned that by watching them down the season’s final two months and they drove home that point during the ninth inning of Game 4 of the NLDS vs the Cubs as Bruce Bochy used a conga line of relievers to no avail.

Between Hunter Strickland, Sergio Romo, Santiago Casilla, Derek Law and deadline acquisition Will Smith, no one could get the job done. The key to the Giants’ even year run earlier this decade wasn’t all about Madison Bumgarner. It was the fact that club could turn to guys like Jeremy Affeldt and Romo and know that they would get the job done.

The Giants don’t have the prospects that the Dodgers do, but Brian Sabean and Bobby Evans have never been afraid to pull the trigger on a big deal if it will help the club. Adding someone like Davis would certainly be a big help as the Giants try to do something they haven’t done since 1933. Win a World Series title in an odd numbered season.

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