2013 is here.
My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.
2014 87-75
C Buster Posey 5.6
1B Brandon Belt 1.25
2B Joe Panik 1.6
SS Brandon Crawford 3.5
3B Pablo Sandoval 3.85 Last Season (22.95)
LF Michael Morse 2.1
CF Angel Pagan 1.75
RF Hunter Pence 3.95
CF Gregor Blanco 1.7
2B Brandon Hicks .7
3B Joaquin Arias -.25
C Hector Sanchez -.4
LF Tyler Colvin -.3
LF Juan Perez -.8
2B Ehire Adrianza -.1
SP Madison Bumgarner 5.05
SP Tim Hudson .45
SP Jake Peavy 1.85
SP Tim Lincecum -1.75
RP Santiago Casilla 2.85
RP Jeremy Affeldt 1.65
RP Jean Machi 1.95
-It happened again. Crazy, right? The first NL team to win 3 titles in 5 years since WWII, your San Francisco Giants. This is the worst of the 3 clubs, an 87 win pythag meant that, under the new WC format, the Giants had to win a play in game against Pittsburgh, then go to the NLDS and beat the Matt Williams and the Nationals (in a series that included a 6 hour, 18 inning win), then beat the Cards - again - to win the pennant (on a walk off Travis Ishikawa homer) and then take a full 7 games to beat the Royals to become a bonafide Dynasty. Lincecum (continuing his quest to give back WAR; seriously, I don't think any Giant pitcher has ever had a worse threem) threw another no hitter; Petit broke the record for consecutive batters retired; this wraps up Sandoval.
