The Giants, perhaps for the first time in a while, have a formidable core of star players .

Unfortunately for San Francisco, it has not resulted in as many wins as it initially hoped when it added slugger Rafael Devers to a nucleus of Willy Adames, Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos, Jung Hoo Lee and starting pitchers Logan Webb and Robbie Ray earlier this season.

However, Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey remains committed to the team's core moving forward.

"I believe in the nucleus," Posey told KNBR 680's "Murph & Markus" on Thursday. "What makes me feel good is the character of these players. Each year can be different. And again, we've got 30ish games left, and you never know what can happen, so we're focused on this year, for sure. But yeah, we have total belief in t

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