In 2021 the San Francisco Giants surprised everyone by taking the NL West in a fierce competition with the Dodgers, with a franchise record 107-win season. They had a great season from Buster Posey, in what would be his final season, and saw all their veterans over-perform: the San Francisco Giants was the oldest batting team in the entire MLB and one of the older pitching corps. Kudos to NL manager of the year Gabe Kepler though.
We all knew they over-performed. This wasn’t such a terrific team, although they did have great starting pitching, but surely they would not repeat such a record-setting season in 2022.