SF Giants: 5 Players That Will Determine the Giants’ NL West Fate

Last season, the San Francisco Giants were four games ahead of Arizona on July 29 when they traded for the best bat on the market, Carlos Beltran.  What followed was a blurry meltdown.  The Giants went 6-16 over their next 22 games.  Beltran was hitting .222 as a Giant before going on the DL.  By August 20, the Giants were 3.5 games out of first, and two weeks later, seven games out.  Beltran was not pursued in the offseason.

Fast forward to this year.  The Giants were up two games on the Dodgers when rumors started floating about Hunter Pence making the move to San Franci...

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