Brandon Belt is staying with the San Francisco Giants. The sweet-hitting first baseman returned to the Giants on Wednesday after accepting the Qualifying Offer, which is a one-year contract worth roughly $18.4 million.
Belt announced the news on his Instagram account, in an extremely Belt manner.
Retaining Belt was something of a no-brainer for the Giants. He had the best offensive numbers of any Giant during last season’s historic team performance, leading the team in OPS+ (160), wRC+ (158), OPS (.975), slugging percentage (.597), and home runs (29). The only knock on his season was that he suffered multiple injuries, only playing in 97 games — and missing the postseason entirely.