Season in Review: San Francisco Giants

2013 Record: 76-86 - Home Record: 42-40 - Road Record: 34-46 Record by Month - April: 15-12 - May: 14-13 - June: 10-17 - July: 8-17 - August: 13-16 - September: 16-11 Longest Winning Streak: 6 Longest Losing Streak: 6 2013 Salary: $142,180,333 2013 Attendance: 3,369,106 (3rd of 15)

Summary
The season started just as planned for the defending World Series champs, it was May 26 and they were in first place in the NL West with 28-22 record. The dropped to a season worst 16 games under .500 on September 7th, but finished the season winning 13 of their last 20 games. Needless to say the season was a disappointment as they missed the playoffs completely. They have already locked up Hunter Pence and Tim Lincecum to long-term deals.

Transactions
No major transaction of note

Offense
Total Runs Scored: 629 (10th of 15) Average Runs: 3.9 Offensive WAR: 26.2 Lineup (WAR) C: Buster Posey (5.2) 1B: Brandon Belt (4.4) 2B: Marco Scutaro (2.4) SS: Brandon Crawford (2.4) 3B: Pablo Sandoval (2.5) LF: Gregor Blanco (2.5) CF: Angel Pagan (0.9) RF: Hunter Pence (4.1)

Best Offensive Player: Hunter Pence (.283/27/99) BA Leader: Marco Scutaro (.297) HR Leader: Hunter Pence (27) RBI Leader: Hunter Pence (99) SB Leader: Hunter Pence (22) OBP: Buster Posey (.371) SLG: Hunter Pence (.483) OPS: Brandon Belt (.841)

Pitching
Total Runs Allowed: 691 (11th of 15) Average Runs Allowed: 4.3 Pitching WAR: 2.7 Rotation/Bullpen (WAR) 1: Madison Bumgarner (3.9) 2: Tim Lincecum (-0.6) 3: Matt Cain (0.5) 4: Barry Zito (-2.6) 5: Ryan Vogelsong (-2.0) RP: George Kontos (-0.6) CL: Sergio Romo (0.7) Best Pitcher: Madison Bumgarner (13-9/2.77/199) Wins: Madison Bumgarner (13) ERA: Santiago Casilla (2.16) Saves: Sergio Romo (38) Innings: Madison Bumgarner (201.1) SO: Madison Bumgarner (199)

Manager
Bruce Bochy Career Record: 1530-1530 (Padres, Giants)

Three Up/Three Down

+ Lineup is essentially all set up for next year + Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford seemed primed for breakout years + This is still the same team that won the 2012 World Series - Big break down in the pitching - Tim Lincecum is not worth $35 million over 2 years - Buster Posey MVP one year, above average the next

References
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2013.shtml http://deadspin.com/2013-payrolls-and-salaries-for-every-mlb-team-462765594 http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2013/index.jsp?c_id=cle#list=cle