The San Francisco Giants were less than thrilled by the product that they put on the field in the 2024 season. Finishing the year with an 80-82 record, they ended the 2024 campaign in fourth place in the National League West, 18 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers who won the division and put up the best record in MLB. As the postseason continues to take place, the Giants can do nothing more than look back at the year that was and think about what went wrong, and try to find a silver lining in one of the many dark clouds that surround their year. As far as their farm system is concerned, San Francisco need only look to their 25th-ranked prospect (per MLB Pipeline) to find who Jeff Young of FanSided named as the most surprising prospect.

The San Francisco Giants have some major holes to address on their roster this winter if they want to finally become legit contenders again. There are some intriguing names available at positions of need for the Giants. Zach Pressnell of FanSided suggested two new players they should focus on bringing in this offseason. The first newcomer suggested was New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres.

The San Francisco Giants have a few positions that they need to address during the upcoming offseason to get the team on track. One of the spots that will be under consideration is first base. Last season, they used LaMonte Wade Jr., Wilmer Flores and Mark Canha for a large chunk of the playing time. Wade is set for arbitration while Flores and Canha are both free agents.

The San Francisco Giants are in offseason mode, with first thing being finding a general manager. While the postseason is in full swing, free agency isn't quite open, so the full focus is on rounding out the front office. One of those names they have been connected to is Ha-Seong Kim, who has been busy. Kim recently changed his representation, bringing in Scott Boras, who the Giants became very familiar with during last offseason.

The San Francisco Giants are heading into the offseason looking to try and find ways to improve in a big way to compete in the National League West. In 2024, it was another mediocre year for the Giants, as they hovered around the .500 mark for much of the campaign and missed the playoffs for the third straight year. This offseason, San Francisco is hoping to be a factor in free agency for some of the stars that will be available. The Giants are in need of adding some starpower and power hitters in free agency to help strengthen a lineup that was lacking in both.

The San Francisco Giants made a lot of moves with their pitching staff in the offseason leading into the 2024 campaign. There were headline grabbers, such as signing reigning Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and trading for former winner of the award, Robbie Ray. There were also some more slightly under the radar additions, such as Jordan Hicks. It took Snell until July to find his groove and he is poised to hit the free agent market again after a really strong summer.

The expectation around Major League Baseball is for Blake Snell to opt out of his contract with the San Francisco Giants. If he returns, he'd give the Giants a left-handed pitcher who's arguably the best in baseball. Perhaps it does, considering how rough his free agency was a year ago, but that's not expected to be the case once again. There's also a possibility that if he wants to return to San Francisco, both sides could get a new deal done.

MLB altered its playoff structure in 1969 and established the League Championship Series. The LCS is a showdown between the winners of the division series to determine which team will represent its respective league -- American League and National League -- in the World Series. Baseball expanded both the ALCS and NLCS in 1985, from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven series. Here's a look at notable stats from NLCS history: Franchise with the most appearances Los Angeles Dodgers , 15 Franchise with the most games played Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals are tied with 81 apiece Franchise with the most wins Los Angeles Dodgers, 39 Franchise with the most series wins Los Angeles Dodgers,

MLB altered its playoff structure in 1969 and established the League Championship Series. The LCS is a showdown between the winners of the division series to determine which team will represent its respective league -- American League and National League -- in the World Series. Baseball expanded both the ALCS and NLCS in 1985, from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven series. Here's a look at notable stats from NLCS history: Franchise with the most appearances Los Angeles Dodgers , 15 Franchise with the most games played Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals are tied with 81 apiece Franchise with the most wins Los Angeles Dodgers, 39 Franchise with the most series wins Los Angeles Dodgers,

MLB altered its playoff structure in 1969 and established the League Championship Series. The LCS is a showdown between the winners of the division series to determine which team will represent its respective league -- American League and National League -- in the World Series. Baseball expanded both the ALCS and NLCS in 1985, from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven series. Here's a look at notable stats from NLCS history: Franchise with the most appearances Los Angeles Dodgers , 15 Franchise with the most games played Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals are tied with 81 apiece Franchise with the most wins Los Angeles Dodgers, 39 Franchise with the most series wins Los Angeles Dodgers,

The San Francisco Giants' biggest strength in 2024 was their rotation. From aces Logan Webb and Blake Snell, to Kyle Harrison and Robbie Ray, they could rely on their pitching to give them a good outing day in and day out. Logan Webb, San Francisco's ace and leader, signed a long term deal and will be on the bump Opening Day. After yet another season with more than 200 innings and an All-Star appearance, he is one of the most reliable pitchers in baseball.

Since the end of 2021, Camilo Doval has been the locked in closer for the San Francisco Giants. In 2024, things could not have gone worse for the 26-year-old as he lost his closer job just one year after leading the NL in saves. Now, the Giants need to decide how they're going to handle it going forward. Doval came into the year as the closer, and while he recorded 23 saves, his ERA jumped from 2.93 to 4.88 and his walks per nine went from 3.5 to 5.9 and he struggled to find the strike zone.

The San Francisco Giants are in the market for a new general manager, and every name under the sun has been floated out there. From Brian Sabean, to Kim Ng, to Billy Owens, there are many names that have been rumored, but nothing concrete. Former Giants GM, Bobby Evans, now has some smoke around his name, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.

The San Francisco Giants had rumored interest in acquiring a first baseman throughout the 2024 campaign. With multiple high-end free agents on the market, including Pete Alonso and Christian Walker, the Giants will have a few to choose from. Regarding Alonso, he has one of the more interesting free agencies coming up. It's uncertain if a team would be willing to give him up to $200 million, and there's always a possibility that the New York Mets want to bring him home.

Every baseball fan has their eyes glued to the National League Division Series between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. Snell, who pitched for the Padres from 2021 through 2023, teased making an appearance at Dodger Stadium for Friday night's winner-take-all Game 5. The series has been nothing short of electrifying as the NL West rivals go at each other for the second time in the past three MLB playoffs.

As the San Francisco Giants prepare for the winter, they will have a lot of big decisions to make as they try to snap their playoff drought in recent years. This season, the Giants were once again stuck in mediocrity. This has been an issue for San Francisco for a few years now, and they have been trying desperately to break out of it. Over the last few years, the Giants have been trying to get players in free agency.

It's interesting because while the San Francisco Giants haven't necessarily hit on a big-name free agent over the past few offseasons, they've still done well for themselves. Blake Snell and Matt Chapman were two of the hottest names on the free agency market last winter. Despite them signing contracts with opt-outs, the Giants' front office made the right decision by signing both. The Giants need a guy like Juan Soto, but there have been challenges in landing those players over the past few offeasons.

The San Francisco Giants enter an offseason where bolstering starting pitching of a staff that was ranked 19th in the league in team ERA will be a priority. Understandably, much of the conversation with regards to San Francisco and free agent pitchers will revolve around the status of Blake Snell and what kind of offer team will give the two-time Cy Young winner assuming he opts out of his current 2-year, $62 million deal. 2021 Cy Young winner Robbie Ray missed a large chunk of the 2024 season while recovering from Tommy John and started just seven games, suffering another injury to his hamstring in August that effectively ended his first season in the Bay Area.

As a whole, the San Francisco Giants season was a major disappointment. After going 80-82 and finishing 18 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West, there's clearly a lot they have to work on in the offseason. Of those include Blake Snell and a few arbitration-eligible guys. Of the players arbitration-eligible include right-handed closer Camilo Doval.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is displaying artifacts from the Giants' historic game against the Arizona Cardinals at Rickwood Field.