If you told San Francisco Giants fans this at the start of the year, they probably would have taken it after last year’s disaster.
However, this team was built to win in 2018. Additions like Evan Longoria, Andrew McCutchen, and Tony Watson were all made in the name of success in 2018. Should the team fail to make the playoffs this year, it’s likely that they will really rethink things this off-season.
The St. Louis Cardinals just showed us what can happen when a team accustomed to winning has a several year playoff drought.