Offense is the biggest reason SF Giants will miss playoffs for 4th straight season

As the SF Giants have officially missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, it is time to look at what went wrong. While there are plenty of areas to improve, the offense is what really cost the team in 2025.

The pitching staff did their jobs. Giants starters rank 18th in ERA (4.16), and Giants relievers rank second in ERA (3.46). The defense was the 12th best in the league according to FanGraphs, with a value of 8.7.

If you are wondering why the Giants did not make the playoffs in 2025, look no further than their offense. The bats simply did not deliver.

SF Giants offense is to blame for disappointing 2025 season

San Francisco's offense is hitting a combined .254 on the season, 26th in the MLB. Their .311 OPS is slightly better, at 21st in the league. Their .384 slugging also ranks 26th, and their .695 OPS ranks 23rd.

Ultimately, the Giants are 17th in runs scored, actually outperforming their team's OPS and AVG. They have allowed the 10th fewest earned runs, so the pitching staff did their jobs, at the end of the day. It was the bats who consistently could not deliver runs when they needed them.

In particular, the Giants' bats died out when it mattered most. Over the last 15 games, with the Giants needing a strong finish to the season and still in the Wild Card hunt, San Francisco's offense was the worst in baseball. Their .544 team OPS over the past 15 games is the lowest across the MLB, and while they've somehow scored 50 runs despite their weak OPS (the 15th most runs in the league over that stretch), it still was not enough scoring to get the wins they needed.

The Giants were particularly bad in July, when they scored just 92 runs, the fifth-fewest in baseball. In June, they scored 107 runs, the sixth-fewest in baseball. In May, they scored 102 runs, 23rd in the league. Despite allowing a league-low 85 runs in May, the Giants had a losing record on the month. They just could not score enough runs this season. Outside of a hot streak to start the season in April and a hot streak at the end of August, the Giants' offense was not good enough in 2025.

They will need to take a long, hard look at the lineup this offseason to see how they can improve in 2026 and create a lineup that is more consistently productive.

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