The word surprise can be a good or bad thing depending on the type of surprise. The San Francisco Giants certainly had a lot of both during the 2018 season, but we’re going to try and focus on the positives in this article.
Last week we looked at the negatives from the 2018 season, and unfortunately, that article was a lot easier to write than this one.
But the San Francisco Giants did receive some very nice surprises in 2018 that will hopefully help set them up for a bright future.
Most of the positives came on the pitching side of things where they finished with the seventh-best ERA in the National League at 3.