Whats left on Giants offseason needs list ahead of spring training? NBC Sports Bay Area & California [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants were riding high when they arrived in Dallas last month for Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings. They agreed to a long-term deal with shortstop Willy Adames before the annual event started, and there were dreams of adding a Corbin Burnes or Paul Goldschmidt to cap Buster Posey’s first winter in charge.

A few weeks later, the Giants are … well, they’re pretty much in exactly the same spot. 

There’s a lot of optimism internally about Justin Verlander, but the 41-year-old has been the only notable addition since the Adames press conference. On top of that, the Giants have watched Burnes sign with the rival Arizona Diamondbacks and just about everybody else sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Their 40-man roster is remarkably similar to the one from the end of last season, and even with Adames and Verlander, it’s hard to argue that they’re in better shape in the NL West than they were a year ago. The heavy lifting wasn’t done until …