For the first time in three years, the San Francisco Giants will be welcoming a sold-out crowd to Oracle Park Friday as hopes were soaring high among the faithful for a repeat of last year's historic National League West championship season.
SAN FRANCISCO — For the first time in three years, the San Francisco Giants will be welcoming a sold-out crowd to Oracle Park Friday as hopes were soaring high among the faithful for a repeat of last year’s historic National League West championship season.
“There are always injuries on every team,” versatile infielder Wilmer Flores said. “The good thing about this team is there are always good options where you can keep a good level of baseball going. That’s what it is right now.” Belt hit a career-best 29 home runs with a .975 OPS a year ago after playing in only a handful of spring training games because of illness.
“Rather, we are thinking about the processes and the practices that lead to those things happening. We are just going to stay really focused on that.” The Giants were nothing if not versatile a year ago. Kapler, who likes to play matchups, never used the same defensive lineup more than five times, and that happened once. The Giants used 10 left fielders, eight right fielders and seven third basemen. The most common 1-through-8 batting order was used five times.
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