The San Francisco Giants are rebuilding to get younger, but what does that look like position by position? The Giants need to get younger at catcher, first base, shortstop, and third base.
Today we will look at first base and catcher. Tomorrow, we’ll look at shortstop and third base.
First Base
The Giants have Brandon Belt, age 31. He is a career .261 hitter who has never hit 20 home runs in a year. His .354 on-base percentage and his fielding are his greatest assets.
The fences moving in at home might help him get over the 20 home run mark, but he’s aging, trending down recently, and the fences probably did not come in enough to make more than a couple of fly balls turn into homers.