We’re headed to the final week of July, and that means that the San Francisco Giants' brain trust of executive vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean and general manager Bobby Evans likely have something up their sleeve. As a rule, if Sabean and Evans feel they have a team that can win a World Series, they are going to do something to fortify it at the trade deadline. This has been the norm throughout their time running the Giants, who face the Boston Red Sox at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN/WatchESPN Wednesday night.

Recent examples of this include:

2010: Trade for Javier Lopez and Ramon Ramirez

On the day of the trade deadline, Sabean made trades with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Red Sox to obtain Lopez and Ramirez, respectively. Though an August waiver claim of Cody Ross turned out to have the biggest impact, the acquisitions of Lopez and Ramirez were vital to the Giants' success. Lopez, still with the Giants six years later, had a 1.42 ERA in 19 innings, then allowed one run and one hit in 5⅔ postseason innings. Ramirez allowed two earned runs in 27 innings in the regular season, though he faltered in the playoffs and World Series.

2011: Trade for Carlos Beltran

With the Giants leading the National League West, Sabean added a big bat, getting Beltran from the New York Mets for a prospect, Zack Wheeler. This was a case of good process, bad results. The Giants went 25-32 to close the season and fell out of postseason contention. Beltran did everything he could to keep the Giants in it, hitting .323 with seven home runs and a .920 OPS, but to no avail. He then became a free agent and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in the offseason.

2012: Trade for Hunter Pence and Marco Scutaro

Pence came to the Giants from the Phillies for outfielder Nate Schierholtz and two other prospects. Though Pence was a disappointment in the regular season, hitting .219, he’s best known for the spark he gave the Giants in the postseason with his rah-rah attitude and oft-impersonated pregame speeches. And his bat came around in the World Series, where he hit .286 as the Giants swept the Detroit Tigers.

Scutaro was acquired from the Colorado Rockies on July 27 for Charlie Culberson. Not only did Scutaro hit .362 in 61 regular-season games, but he also hit .500 with 14 hits in seven games in the 2012 NL Championship Series (after being the victim of a nasty takeout slide by Matt Holliday in Game 2, Scutaro got poetic redemption by catching Holliday’s popup in the rain to end the series). He also got the go-ahead hit in the 10th inning of the clinching Game 4 of the 2012 World Series against the Tigers.

2014: Trade for Jake Peavy

Peavy came to the Giants from the Red Sox for two prospects and made a late-season contribution to a World Series winner for the second time in two seasons. Though Peavy was 1-9 with a 4.72 ERA with the Red Sox, the NL was to his liking. He went 6-4 with a 2.17 ERA in 12 starts with the Giants and won a start in the National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals (though he did lose twice in the World Series to the Kansas City Royals).

2015: Trade for Mike Leake

With the Giants chasing down the Dodgers in late July, Sabean sent outfielder Adam Duvall and a minor-leaguer to the Reds for pitcher Leake.

This is the rare instance of one of these deals not working. Leake disappointed, going 2-5 with a 4.07 ERA in nine starts, and the Giants failed to make the postseason. Duvall became an All-Star with the Reds in 2016.