The “bigger” half of the season is over. The San Francisco Giants sit 7 wins above .500, solidly in the hunt for a playoff berth, with 97 games under their belt and 65 more to play. As a whole, the Giants should be relatively pleased with where they are going into the post All-Star Break stretch while completely aware that they were carried into this position by the arms of their pitchers. The bats have been dead weight from May on thanks to a myriad of disappointing individual performances that just haven’t been cutting the mustard.
Perhaps the best way to examine this offensive dearth is to look back at an article I wrote in March speculating about possible club droughts that could be ended by the likes of a healthy Jung Hoo Lee, newly signed Willy Adames, and a full-year with Tyler Fitzgerald in the fold…
A bit of a content-grab maybe — the Giants’ overall success has never been dependent on ending these droughts — but the overall tone at the time was clear: optimism abounds for this line-up.