These scrappy SF Giants have been one of the lone bright spots in 2026

Through the first 10 days in September, the SF Giants have played some of their best baseball of the season. It has coincided with a roster that has become younger and scrappier, marking one of the few bright spots this year.

You can probably count on one hand the memorable Giants moments from this season. Bryce Eldridge’s walk-off grand slam to cap off an improbable comeback against the Washington Nationals likely sits at the top of that list.

Eldridge, along with Rafael Devers and Casey Schmitt, has been among the few bright spots on the team. You might have a tough time finding another bright spot after that.

This has been a disastrous year on nearly every front. When the season ends, the front office and coaching staff will reflect on what went wrong and work to curb it next year.

The Giants had a similarly disastrous season in 2017. That team lost 98 games after reaching the playoffs in the previous year. At the very least, the championship run was fresh in the minds of Giants players and fans alike.

Not even 10 years later, they are in the midst of another tumultuous season where one of the highlights might be that they narrowly avoid 100 losses.

Now, the championship run is more of a distant memory and the roster consists of no one with a championship pedigree in San Francisco.

When a season like this happens, there will still be some memories. One that may eventually stand out is the scrappiness of the current roster.

Most of the veterans have either been traded or shelved on the injured list. Rafael Devers and Logan Webb are leading the way, followed by a host of players who are trying to stay in the majors for one more day. Some of these players might not even be with the Giants in a couple of months. Those ones are competing simply to prolong their major league career.

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This club is playing with a lot of energy and effort. This is not to say that the veteran-heavy roster was not playing with energy and effort. They were. It just looks like a different energy with the current iteration.

On Wednesday, the Giants staged an unlikely comeback to complete their first sequential three-game sweep of the season. That comeback began in the eighth inning,

The Giants loaded the bases through gritty at-bat after at-bat. Bryce Eldridge hit a ground ball single that went against the defense, and Jonah Cox hit a ground ball single right into the defense. Cox showed off his speed to leg out a single and keep the rally going.

Jung Hoo Lee tied it up with a two-run double. Shay Whitcomb gave the Giants the go-ahead run for the second time in three games. Who had that on their bingo card back in March?

These Giants are grinding out at-bats in a way that is refreshing. They are making things happen in a way that is refreshing.

It would have been nice to see this team play like this all year, but at least they are showing now that they are capable.

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