SAN FRANCISCO–Baseball players preach about their ability to survive in a game based in failure, highlighting the mental fortitude it takes to recover from losing streaks, slumps and routine plays they botch.
They accept that struggles are part of the game, but for most, accepting the physical toll the sport takes is much more difficult to process.
The 2018 Giants know the pain all too well, as 19 players have missed a combined 781 games due to injury.
Rookie Steven Duggar, the team’s most exciting player in August and a promising center fielder of the future, will add 27 games to that total.