1. The formula works (especially when it works)
The tried and true way to win a ball game is to still score more runs than you allow your opponent to score. It’s my professional opinion that this aspect of the sport will never change—though there is more than one way to get this done.
The San Francisco Giants this offseason chose to focus on run prevention, doubling down on their starting pitching to compliment an established bullpen. The front office believed that an offense built on match-ups, pitch selection and launch angle will blast enough solo shots to support a stingy circus of slingers and flamethrowers and ground ball-getters.