In late June, Madison Bumgarner was one of MLB's players most rumored to be traded. The San Francisco Giants were 35-47 on June 29 and far behind in the playoff race, so when the calendar flipped to July, the Giants were viewed as sellers. San Francisco then won 20 of its next 26 games through the end of July to vault into second place in the NL West and in the thick of the wild-card race.