When the season started, sites like FanGraphs treated the Padres, Giants and Diamondbacks as equals. We at the AZSnakePit were a bit more bullish and in a poll, I published in an article, 76% of us believed that the Giants were the clear little brother of the 3 behind the Dodgers.
In that article I also wondered why the Giants decided to extend Farhan Zaidi who, apart from a surprising 2021 season, has turned the Giants into basically a byline in the MLB ever since he became the man with the plan in San Francisco, whatever that plan might be.