Mike Moustakas

Will Smith gave them $17.8 million theoretically to reinvest in free agency.

With Tuesday’s trade deadline approaching, the Giants continued their recent nosedive.

Now that they’ve struck out on Giancarlo Stanton and Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani, the San Francisco Giants must begin the process of starting their Plan B at the Winter Meetings this week. What that plan is exactly remains to be seen, but Gaints executive Brian Sabean was pretty explicit about one group of players the team will not be targeting this offseason.

While Stanton led all of baseball with 59 home runs in 2017, Martinez finished in second place with 45 home runs. After being traded from the Detroit Tigers to the Arizona Diamondbacks in June, Martinez went on a tear, slamming 29 homers in just 62 games as he helped lead the team to a National League wildcard berth.

The Giants entered the 2017 season with pocket aces on staff, but midway through the month of June, the team looks ready to fold its hand. Since the end of April, San Francisco has been without its ace of hearts, left-hander Madison Bumgarner, and on Wednesday, the team’s diamond, righty Johnny Cueto, had his opponents calling every bluff in the Giants’ loss to the Kansas City Royals.