I think most of us thought of the 2020 Giants as the Island of Misfit Toys. Let's review:
Brandon Belt: Career best OPS, by a mile.
Brandon Crawford: Career best OPS
Donovan Solano: Career best OPS, by a mile. Was out of MLB for two years.
Darren Ruf: Career best OPS, by a mile. Was out of MLB for two years.
Alex Dickerson: Career best OPS.
Wilmer Flores: Career best OPS.
Austin Slater: Career best OPS.
Mike Yastrzemski: Career best OPS including minors (except for 2 months in SFG AAA)
Mauricio Dubon: Career best BA and Career best OBP
Evan Longoria: No, not his career best compared to his All-Star years. But his best OPS in the last four years and better than six of his last seven and third highest batting average of a 13 year career.
Top 10 guys, all career best or very close to it. Must be a coincidence. Or maybe, just maybe, Farhan and his coaching staff and yes, god help us, even the hated Kapler may have had something to do with it.
Giants currently alone in sixth place in the NL. Would open against the Cubs if the playoffs started today. And Giants are 16-9 at home. 8 of the next 11 games are at home.
Brandon Belt: Career best OPS, by a mile.
Brandon Crawford: Career best OPS
Donovan Solano: Career best OPS, by a mile. Was out of MLB for two years.
Darren Ruf: Career best OPS, by a mile. Was out of MLB for two years.
Alex Dickerson: Career best OPS.
Wilmer Flores: Career best OPS.
Austin Slater: Career best OPS.
Mike Yastrzemski: Career best OPS including minors (except for 2 months in SFG AAA)
Mauricio Dubon: Career best BA and Career best OBP
Evan Longoria: No, not his career best compared to his All-Star years. But his best OPS in the last four years and better than six of his last seven and third highest batting average of a 13 year career.
Top 10 guys, all career best or very close to it. Must be a coincidence. Or maybe, just maybe, Farhan and his coaching staff and yes, god help us, even the hated Kapler may have had something to do with it.
Giants currently alone in sixth place in the NL. Would open against the Cubs if the playoffs started today. And Giants are 16-9 at home. 8 of the next 11 games are at home.
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