If the Giants improve this one ability will they radically transform their offense?

Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty ImagesAll the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put the San Francisco Giants’ lineup together again. Maybe it’s Oracle Park, maybe it’s the City of San Francisco itself, but for whatever reason, the team simply cannot muster much power. But what if they could? How much more would make a difference? Let’s use Statcast to examine the possibilities.

I’m focusing on their barrels per plate appearance stat rather than per batted ball events (BBE) or average exit velocity or even something as simple as Hard Hit rate because a plate appearance can round up to cumulative offensive value a la weighted runs created plus (wRC+), which I’m also…