DENVER — The Giants don’t have any players with 15 home runs, any starting pitchers with a sub-3.50 ERA or any everyday starters who made the All-Star team.
Despite all of their perceived shortcomings, the Giants are still in the playoff hunt.
With fewer than 50 games remaining, manager Bruce Bochy’s club sits 2.5 games behind the Phillies and Nationals for the second National League Wild Card berth.
After posting a 22-34 record through the first two months of the year, the Giants have found a winning blueprint that’s enabled them to enter a playoff race they one had no business joining.