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Would a healthy Giants lineup fare well in the postseason?

Would a healthy Giants lineup been able to compete in the postseason?

Yahoo Sports · September 24, 2026

Would a healthy Giants lineup fare well in the postseason?

This pointless exercise is inspired by an article on Baseball Savant by David Adler that went up last week titled, " 9 stats that will loom large this October. " The Giants do seem to have made their lineup meaningfully competitive in the modern landscape.

And just going off the eyes & ears tests (mainly, the looks and sounds of Devers & Eldridge homers).

Statistically, they're 23rd in runs scored this season and 21st in runs scored over the past five seasons combined. But this season they were (briefly) intriguing enough to spark my imagination! Rafael Devers swaying the outcome of a short series with his bat? Bryce Eldridge and Jonah Cox doing things, too? And what if Matt Chapman and Willy Adames were in the mix? What might a healthy lineup do?

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