How are members of the 2023 SF Giants doing on their new teams?

The SF Giants had a busy offseason, bringing in a lot of new faces - Jung-Hoo Lee, Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, Jorge Soler, Jordan Hicks, Nick Ahmed and Tom Murphy, to name a few.  Of course, the Giants entered the offseason with a handful of pending free agents and did not re-sign any of them. How has that worked out so far?

How are members of the 2023 SF Giants doing on their new teams?

All those new additions meant that quite a few familiar names were jettisoned to make way for them.  Most people will find Brandon Crawford to be the most obvious of that group, and seeing pictures of him in Cardinal red still feels like being stuck in a nightmarish alternate dimension.  Here’s a rundown of how he and his former teammates are doing with their new clubs.

1. Brandon Crawford

Undoubtedly the greatest shortstop in San Francisco’s history, Crawford’s departure from the only team he’d ever known was an emotional one.  Making it an even tougher pill to swallow was that his replacement was another glove-first veteran in Nick Ahmed.  Zaidi’s point from moving on was essentially that it would be bad optics to bench their franchise shortstop if he continued to struggle, and sadly his struggles have continued after his move to St. Louis. 

The veteran infielder has barely played, for one, appearing in only four games thanks to youthful starter Masyn Winn's hot start.  In those four games, Crawford has gone 1-13 at the plate with two walks against five punchouts.  It's looking like this might be the end of the line for Crawford.