I may have jumped the gun yesterday when I declared Chris Shaw to be the Giants’ September Surprise. Aramís García followed up a 4-strikeout game with a 4-hit game, the first Giant to do that since Hunter Pence in 2015 and the first rookie to do so in 25 years (this is per Andrew Baggarly’s game recap available with a subscription to The Athletic). He’s played capably at both catcher and first base already and has three home runs in 38 at bats already — which, as Brady noted in his recap, is just two away from Buster Posey’s season total.
Has Aramís García been the biggest surprise of the season?
