The SF giant season has been defined by these five trends so far

New York – The Giants, whose record is at an impressive 9-3, have not yet played 10% of their first season under the president of Baseball Operations Buster Posey. It’s not a ton of ball to examine, but it’s not nothing either.

They were competitive in every game. They found different ways to win, from slugfests to barn burners. In short, they have one of the best teams in baseball.

Before the giants started their glove against the phillies of New York and Philadelphia, here are five trends at the start of the season which defined the season of San Francisco:

End of night heroes

Of the 12 games that the giants played, four of them were won due to swings in the ninth round or later.

Wilmer Flores struck the dramatic Homer of three points on the opening day to stun the Reds of Cincinnati at the Great American Ball Park. Willy Adames overturned a single two points in the right field to win opening at home. Flores had the simple to finish the scanning of the Seattle Navy, then Mike Yastrzemski struck a circuit at McCovey Cove to finish a return of five points against the Reds – a kick made possible by the circuit equal flora in the eighth essential.

It is therefore not surprising that the giants have a .922 Ops in high -effect situations, the second best brand in all baseball. If we go to the gathering of extreme cherries, Mike Yastrzemski has the fourth higher of the baseball ops in high leverage situations among all the players, minimum five simple plaques appearances. In addition, Flores, Yastrzemski and the Mookie Betts of the Dodgers are the only players so far with at least two circuits in high leverage situations.

Adame’s difficulties

Despite the aforementioned game winner, Adames has not yet lived up to invoicing which has just been the new man of $ 182 million in San Francisco. Its oblique bar line is .184 / .241 / .224. He withdrew at least twice twice in half of his match. Including the playoffs, he did not dominate in his last 12 appearances on the plates.

Without diving too far into the difficulties of Adames, there are a few things that stand out. Its prosecution rate increased from 28.1% last year to 31.4% this year. He also swung 50.7% of the locations he saw, which would be a career summit. Its walking rate (7.4%) is also down compared to its average of career (9.6%).

The giants do not panic – Adames is not the only striker to have started slowly – and the law of large numbers says that Adames will eventually produce. It is not uncommon either that players fight after having signed a massive contract and joins a new team (for example, Manny Machado, Bryce Harper). The Yankee Stadium, a place where it has an average of the stick of .307 and five circuits in 29 games, could be the place where it takes off. The question of knowing when Adames reveals his offense, however, remains to be seen.

Come on! Come on! Come on

In ’23 and ’24, no team has stolen fewer bases – nor attempted, moreover – than the giants; The flight was simply not part of their game. This season, they were much more ready to take the additional base.

San Francisco stole 13 bases entering on Friday, tied with the Brewers of Milwaukee for the ninth in all baseball. Last season, they did not steal their 13th base before the last day of April – and they also needed 21 attempts to strike this reference.

The aggressiveness of Jung Hoo Lee, in particular, was a welcome evolution. Last season, Lee stole only two bases in 37 games despite a speed higher than average. For 11 games, Lee has already slipped three bags, tied with Tyler Fitzgerald for the team’s head. It is early, but it is not weird to imagine that Lee or Fitzgerald become the first giant to fly at least 30 bases in a single season from Dave Roberts in 2007.