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2018 San Francisco Giants End of Season Grades: Outfield

By Daniel Sperry

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Alen Hanson #19,Gorkys Hernandez #7 and Andrew McCutchen #22 of the San Francisco Giants celebrate the 2-1 win over the New York Mets in the 13th inning on August 20, 2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Alen Hanson #19,Gorkys Hernandez #7 and Andrew McCutchen #22 of the San Francisco Giants celebrate the 2-1 win over the New York Mets in the 13th inning on August 20, 2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – AUGUST 28: Steven Duggar #6 of the San Francisco Giants scores the winning run on a hit by Gorkys Hernandez #7 of the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park on August 28, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

The Outfield Outlook for 2019 is interesting. There is one guy who most expect to be there (Steven Duggar) and then a bunch of question marks. Do the Giants address the outfield in the free agent market? Do they go for both corner spots? Are they going to make a major run at Bryce? Who knows. Here is what we do know:

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Players not returning or out of contract:

Under Contract or Team Control for 2019:

  • Gorkys Hernandez
  • Austin Slater
  • Mac Williamson
  • Chris Shaw
  • Steven Duggar

That list is relatively poor, paltry and should scare you a bit. If they’re going to compete, they need to make a couple splashes this offseason for the outfield either via trade or the free agent market.

The San Francisco Giants should certainly be trying to land Bryce Harper. It’s stupid if they don’t.

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He’s a generational talent and could help the Giants immensely. His bad 2019 season, at least in comparison to his past successes, could help make him a lot cheaper than his camp was originally interested in. We’ll see what happens though. This is arguably the position grouping that needs the most improvement. We’ll have to see what they do to make that happen.

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