The San Francisco Giants look like a team that is going to be competitive again in 2017. The meat of the roster looks similar, but one big addition and a little bit of addition by subtraction makes the team feel a bit better.
But still, the Giants will need big performances from certain areas and players to get where they want to be. One of those players is Will Smith.
Smith, the 27-year-old left-hander, was acquired at the trade deadline in 2016 in an effort to bolster a bullpen that needed it. That deal was highly criticized for, mainly, two reasons.