San Francisco Giants 2016 Season Grades: Outfielders

By Daniel Sperry

Oct 14, 2016

Sep 29, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence (8) and center fielder Denard Span (2) and left fielder Angel Pagan (16) celebrate after the end of the game against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 7 to 2. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports /

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Jul 3, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; San Francisco Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker (6) rounds third base and scores a run in the eleventh inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. The Giants won 5-4 in 11 innings. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

C+. . OF. San Francisco Giants. JARRETT PARKER

After Jarrett Parker made headlines at the end of last season for smashing home-runs, he never built on that success. It seemed relatively obvious that he wasn’t going to be able to keep that type of hitting up. However, 2017 proved to be a little bit of a setback for him. He got a few more innings in than Williamson and ended up without an error, which isn’t too bad.

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At the plate though, he only slugged a measly .394. He also ended up with 44 strikeouts in 127 AB’s. His slashline of .236/.358/394/.751 just wasn’t what many were hoping to see from him this year. Parker’s swing reminds me a lot of Brandon Crawfords when he first came up. Maybe if they worked together, we could see some good improvements for 2017.