San Francisco Giants Season has Closure but Not a Closer

I waited a couple days to write my last SF Giants post for 2016. The season was an up and down and sideways kind of year. The team played some great baseball and struggled at times. The offense scored a lot of runs at times and in other stretches offense was as scarce as rain in California. The starting pitching was the most consistent part of the teams play for most of the season.

At the very end not being able to close out games became the main issue of 2016. In the general baseball scheme of things if you are able to get an insurance run late and lead by two runs in the ninth inning, it should "almost" be a given that victory is yours. That was not the case for the 2016 SF Giants team. The bullpen blew more saves than any other MLB club. There is no getting to the World Series without a solid closer and reliable setup guys.

The guys in Orange and Black have dedicated fans like myself who are already looking forward to the 2017 season. The front office for the Giants will need to address the weaknesses of the team even if it means adding to the payroll. October of 2017 depends on making continual improvements with bold moves in the off season.

The season is over and the SF Giants team has many solid players that will return. With a few tweaks the 2017 team will be very competitive and fans have a lot of great games to look forward to next season. And that is the beauty of baseball. There is always next year.

Go Giants!!!