Set aside for a moment the fact that Major League Baseball is currently in a very public and likely prolonged lockout (the players rejected an offer of federal mediation last Friday, the latest sign that this could be a while).
If (and when?) baseball does get played in 2022, at least one baseball analytics site projects the San Francisco Giants will be terrible.
FanGraphs released its 2022 projections last week and foresees a .500 club in San Francisco.
Here's FanGraphs analyst Dan Szymborski on the why:
"Some may grumble about the Giants’ projection, but losing Buster Posey chops a few wins off the team’s outlook, as does Kevin Gausman’s departure to the vast cornfields of Canada.