Ahhh, home runs. Dingers. Big flies.
They’re nice.
And after becoming the first team in MLB history to go a full 162-game season without hitting one last year, the San Francisco Giants have returned to their homer-hitting ways in 2018. With 72 home runs on the year, the Giants are just a few off of the league average. They’re certainly not what you would call a power team, but, unlike when I go to the gym, they’re not laughably devoid of muscle relative to those around them.
The wishcast-influenced offseason formula for the Giants to increase the dinger total was fairly simple: Buster Posey would find some of the power that has gone missing, Brandon Belt (and Madison Bumgarner!