New San Francisco Giants General Manager Pete Putila keeps giving the same answer when asked what he likes most about the SF Giants' roster. In a word: depth. While it might not be exciting to fans, we should listen to the Giants' new GM. He continues to talk about how depth is crucial for building a winning team. He's mentioned that teams can be top heavy, even with a few of the best players in the game, but without depth winning is far from a guarantee. In the San Francisco Giants' case, they have the depth mostly figured out; now they just need to bring in a couple of impact talents and they could get back to the winning ways they showed in such dramatic fashion in 2021.
Indeed, comparing the San Francisco Giants' 2022 numbers to the 2022 Angels, the Angels had three hitters who posted better fWAR totals than any member of the Giants. But when all was said and done, the Giants' hitters provided more overall value. That's because of the Giants' depth, and the Angels' lack of depth. Both rosters are explored in some detail to illustrate how the SF Giants' strength was having a lot of players chip in a little, and limiting the exposure of players who were proving negative value.
Once a team has established the kind of depth that the SF Giants possess, all they need, in theory, are a couple of impact talents to push them over the top. Putila has said this multiple times in interviews, noting that in 2021 they had a few players producing at impact levels, and a cascade of wins followed. Looking to this year's free agent class, there are numerous players who could provide the type of impact that could push the Giants over the top. It seems at least somewhat likely that the SF Giants end up with at least one of these players: Aaron Judge, Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson, Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Correa, and Brandon Nimmo. There's also, of course, the potential to trade for impact talent. It doesn't have to be through free agency.
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