The Giants’ offense has scuffled despite the recent streak by Buster Posey and Andrew McCutchen’s solid season and it’s all because they’re missing Brandon Belt.
Before we go any further, you need to know two things: 1) wRC+ means Weighted Runs Created Plusand it exists to quantify a player’s total offensive value (hits, home runs, walks, etc.) by a single value and is adjusted for league average (100) and park effect; any value above 100 means “x% above league average” 2) wOBA means Weighted On Base Average and is basically a more accurate version of OPS, assigning “proper” weighted value to singles, doubles, HBP, walks, home runs, etc.