Are The San Francisco Giants World Series Contenders?
The San Francisco Giants have signed Carlos Correa for $350 million. They made a bet that they will be World Series contenders soon.
The San Francisco Giants have had one of the best offseasons in baseball.
Giants have added Mitch Haniger, Sean Manaea, Ross Stripling and Carlos Correa.
The Giants have made some offseason moves, but oddsmakers don't believe they're serious World Series contenders yet.
The Giants finished 30 games behind the Dodgers, 8 games ahead of the Padres and 6 games out of a playoff spot last year. They signed Correa, Haniger and the pitchers.
Padres signed SS Xander Bogaerts, P Nick Martinez and RP Robert Suarez.
The Dodgers re-signed Clayton Kershaw and the Padres will get Fernando Tatis Jr. back from injury early in the season. The Braves traded for Sean Murphy, the Mets dumped a boatload of money on everybody, and even the Cardinals got a good catcher in Willson Contreras.
The San Francisco Giants are not a contender for the World Series. They have some promising prospects, but their lineup doesn't stack up against the true contenders. The Giants outfield was a defensive mess last year. The team's future is bright, with Marco Luciano, Kyle Harrison and Luis Matos on the way. But in 2023, the Padres and Dodgers are gonna run the NL West.
