Aaron Judge was close to returning to his home in the Bay Area when the San Francisco Giants offered him a reported nine-year, $360 million deal this offseason. The Giants open up their season at Yankee Stadium which will bring a reunion of some sort, but for front office members and Judge. “I think it's going to be fun,” Giants president of baseball operations told The San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser.
Following an off-season in which the big-market Giants were expected to add a star like Aaron Judge — but didn't — it's clear the team lacks the firepower of its top NL West rivals. A panel of ESPN baseball experts released a list of the game's Top 100 players on Thursday, and only one Giant squeezed into that exclusive territory — pitcher Logan Webb at No. 71. “Webb is the antithesis of modern pitchers: He throws a low-spin sinking 91-mph fastball that produces grounders instead of strikeouts, and he gets batters to chase his slider and changeup,” wrote ESPN's Dave Schoenfield.
The San Francisco Giants went 81-81 last season and missed the postseason for the 5th time in the last 6 years. The Giants won the World Series 3 times in 5 seasons between 2010-14, but they have just 1 Wild-Card victory in the previous 8 seasons. The winning ways have significantly dried up in the Bay Area and it's now a Los Angeles Dodgers thing, and soon, a San Diego Padres thing, leaving the Giants fighting for scraps in the NL West.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
54 | P | |
59 | P | |
38 | P | |
26 | P | |
75 | P | |
64 | P | |
77 | P | |
34 | P | |
52 | P | |
33 | P | |
71 | P | |
48 | P | |
61 | P | |
56 | P | |
62 | P | |
57 | P |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
21 | C |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
35 | SS | |
7 | 1B | |
39 | 2B | |
41 | 2B | |
32 | 3B | |
31 | 1B | |
70 | 2B |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
8 | LF | |
51 | RF | |
17 | RF | |
78 | CF | |
23 | LF | |
2 | CF | |
13 | CF | |
5 | CF |