The San Francisco Giants’ scorching run of play will likely have teams interested in Madison Bumgarner looking elsewhere.

The Giants have surged out of non-relevancy and into contention, winning eight of their last 10 to bring them 3¹/₂ games out of the wild card. Once regarded as almost certain sellers at the trade deadline, the Giants appear poised to reverse course and it’s “all but certain ace left Madison Bumgarner will not be traded,” according to MLB.com. Instead of dealing Bumgarner, who will be a free agent after this season, the Giants will be looking to surround him with more assets for a playoff push.

President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi kept the team’s plans somewhat ambiguous when speaking with reporters Sunday.

“It’s impossible to say what the next 10 days are going to present, both in terms of what our opportunity to contend is going to be and continue to be and what opportunities the market is going to present,” Zaidi said. “We have to be prepared for every scenario.”

Unfortunately for Bumgarner’s potential suitors, that scenario is increasingly pointing to a buying team at the deadline.

“The equation has changed with how we’ve played over the last few weeks,” Zaidi said during an interview on KNBR 680 on Thursday. On Sunday, he said the team’s plan continues to be “trying to put ourselves in position to contend this year.”

That doesn’t sound like a team ready to part with their ace, though they did deal Derek Holland to the Cubs on Friday.

If the Giants do indeed look to buy at the deadline, they will likely look to bolster the rotation around Bumgarner. Their 4.37 staff ERA sits right in the middle of the league at 15th, but the back end of their rotation has struggled all season. Drew Pomeranz, Shaun Anderson and Tyler Beede have combined for a 5.22 ERA in 45 starts.