Sure, we don’t know what the Giants’ Opening Day roster will look like just yet, and there’s a nonzero chance that there’s some sort of turnover just before Spring Training, but let’s take a look at what’s there now and see if we can predict this year’s breakout hitter.
David Adler put together a list of candidates from around the league last January for MLB.com, but that list focused on who could break out as “sluggers”. I want to use it here just to give us all some background as we prepare to make our prediction(s).