2023 NL West preview: San Francisco Giants

Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 2022 record: 81-81

2023 projection: 83-79

Estimated 2023 payroll: $192 million ($162m in 2022)

Major departures: Carlos Rodon, Evan Longoria, Brandon Belt, Tommy La Stella

Major arrivals: Ross Stripling, Sean Manaea, Mitch Haniger, Michael Conforto, Taylor Rogers

The 2022 San Francisco Giants were 26 games worse than the ones which won the division the previous season. That’s the biggest drop between full seasons for the franchise since the 1943 Giants lost 30 games more. Obviously, some of that was a result of the roster regressing, having vastly over-performed expectations. But they were only saved from a rare feat, of…