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The Giants Are MLB's Most Boring Postseason Contenders/SI [View all]
By Tom Verducci
With a poor offense and middling pitching, the Giants are in the thick of the NL wild-card race with a dozen games left in their season, beginning with huge games the next two nights at the Diamondbacks. How they’ve done it is a credit to roster efficiency.
But if this is the future of baseball, I want no part of it.
The Giants are interesting in the way mutual funds are interesting. They are smart, efficient and lackluster.
San Francisco and its manager, Gabe Kapler, deserve credit for squeezing every bit out of this roster, which is just two games over flat mediocrity with the help of the best record in MLB in extra innings (11–3) when the rules are gerrymandered. So, no, this is not a juggernaut.
But if this is the future of baseball, I want no part of it.
The Giants are interesting in the way mutual funds are interesting. They are smart, efficient and lackluster.
San Francisco and its manager, Gabe Kapler, deserve credit for squeezing every bit out of this roster, which is just two games over flat mediocrity with the help of the best record in MLB in extra innings (11–3) when the rules are gerrymandered. So, no, this is not a juggernaut.
Read more: https://www.si.com/mlb/2023/09/19/san-francisco-giants-mlb-boring-postseason-contenders-nl-wild-card
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I really wanted to disagree with this article, but it's very hard not to.
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