The Carlos Rodón signing was a huge win for the San Francisco Giants. They got ace-caliber production all season from Rodón, who will now opt out, re-enter the market, and net a $100+ million deal. Indeed, the Giants had a lot of work to do last offseason coming off a 107-win campaign, as the only starter who was under contract for 2022 was Logan Webb. That was a good place to start, and the SF Giants surrounded him with newcomers Rodón and Alex Cobb, in addition to bringing back Alex Wood and Anthony DeSclafani, both of whom were quite good for the Giants in 2021.
Rodón and Cobb lived up to expectations, but Wood and DeSclafani had issues. DeSclafani only made a handful of starts and then was shut down with season-ending ankle surgery. Wood was generally ineffective and ended up with an ERA over 5. The Giants' defense certainly didn't help their pitchers at all this season, but overall the Giants did pretty well when it came to building out their rotation, particularly due to the ace-level season from Rodón.
But their position player additions were lacking. Brandon Belt was brought back on the $18.4 million qualifying offer, and he had a major dud of a season. He was either hurt or generally not very good. He enters this offseason a true free agent, and he may have played his last game in a San Francisco Giants uniform. The only free-agent hitter the Giants signed last offseason was Joc Pederson for one year and $6 million. Pederson was as good as hoped, but he is ultimately a limited profile. He doesn't play against lefties and was a big part of the Giants' defensive problems. The SF Giants will need to do much more on the position player this offseason.
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