Don't look now, but the SF Giants have the best spring training record

The SF Giants are playing good baseball right now even if they are playing in exhibition games and they currently have the best spring training record. Even though these games do not count, this is something to be celebrated.

The Giants currently have a winning percentage of .786 with a record of 11-3-3 which is the best winning percentage of any team in baseball, Cactus League or Grapefruit League, at this point in spring training.

Their record does not really matter that much, but the way they are playing does matter. The Giants are following through on president of baseball operation Buster Posey's vision for the team. They are playing sound baseball by limiting mistakes, playing good defense, throwing strikes, and coming through in spots that require situational hitting.

SF Giants look strong early in spring training

If the Giants are going to be successful in 2025, they are going to have to pitch well and be sound defensively while also coming through in key spots on offense and not leaving runners out to dry on the basepaths like they did so often last season. Logan Webb recently spoke about this as a blueprint for success for the Giants.

It is no wonder that this is a remarkably similar blueprint to the one the Giants used when Posey was a player with the Giants in the 2010's. Memories may be short, but that blueprint did bring three World Series championships to San Francisco. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the 2010 Giants won the most games of any team in spring training which may have been a nice spring board for the team on the way to them winning the National League West and eventually a World Series title.

The two biggest acquisitions of the offseason, Willy Adames and Justin Verlander, have both said that they think the Giants could surprise folks this season. This could be dismissed as typical athlete-speak, but what they are saying is backed up by how the Giants are playing on the field.

Sure, having the best spring training record is a little like winning the par-3 contest at Augusta National on the Wednesday before The Masters. It may feel like a little bit of a jinx and does not count for anything, but the record is not what is important for San Francisco. They are playing sound, clean baseball. If they can build upon that and carry it over into the regular season then maybe, just maybe, the Giants could surprise some folks as Verlander and Adames envision.