The assignment: To preview the Giants and their chances for 2018 and the years after that.
The problem: There are no years after 2018. That will be the final year of Giants baseball. We’ll remember them fondly.
So if we’re talking about 2018, yes, this roster is kind of compelling. It’s not easy to go from a team that almost lost 100 games to a team you want to watch on purpose, but after a crafty offseason that saw them steer into the old, it looks like the Giants have done it. Will they win the NL West?