The Giants were the majors' most improved offense in 2020 - a podcast by Locked on Podcast Network, Ben Kaspick

On today's Locked On Giants podcast, host Ben Kaspick talks about how no team improved more offensively than the 2020 Giants. He also talks about how their pitchers fared from a numbers perspective in 2020, after looking at the offense on yesterday's show. But first he follows up on yesterday's discussion in which he speculated that the Giants were probably MLB's most improved offensive team in 2020, and that turned out to be the case. The Giants ranked first in non-pitcher wRC+ improvement from 2019 to 2020 by a significant margin. Going even further, the Giants were a dramatic 50% better at home in 2020 than they were in 2019, which was by far the biggest jump of any team. Notably, their opponents only improved by 6% at Oracle Park, meaning that the Giants' improvements cannot be explained by changes to Oracle Park, as some have said.
In looking at how Giants pitchers fared in 2020 from a numbers perspective, Ben notes that overall, they were a below average pitching team. Their starters were better than their relievers by fWAR relative to the rest of the league, although the starters had a worse ERA than the relievers. It looks like the Giants' starters were a bit unlucky, and they were in fact a solid group, headlined by excellent performances by Kevin Gausman and Drew Smyly, and solid performance by Tyler Anderson. In the bullpen, several members had fine seasons, but a few blow ups seemingly cost the Giants a shot at the postseason. Trevor Gott and Sam Coonrod did not have great years, when the dust settled.
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