PHOENIX–After a 98-loss season in 2017, Giants’ executives made a statement.
As other losing clubs began to gut their rosters, the Giants said they would refuse to rebuild and start from the ground up.
With two months left to play in 2018, the Giants still aren’t rebuilding, but a quarter of the team’s roster spots now belong to rookies who are seizing larger roles as the season wears on.
Two of the Giants’ five starters, a pair of the club’s top relievers and a few of the team’s most exciting position players are all handling their first full seasons of major league ball with the type of poise the franchise’s front office has come to expect from the core members of the roster.