Last season, ESNY pegged the San Francisco Giants as a high-upside hitting team that could support suspect pitching.
Instead, the hitting experiment largely failed due to injury and ineffectiveness. The pitching behind ace Logan Webb suffered severe growing pains. What should have been a clear vision became a muddled mess. Middling numbers were posted across the board, and the Giants finished 19th with a 97 wRC+
But here we are in 2025 and the Giants are trying again. The data-driven Farhan Zaidi is gone while veteran manager Bob Melvin remains.