Once again, the San Francisco Giants are looking to achieve success by being greater than the sum of their parts. The SF Giants may not have a star hitter among their ranks (although Michael Conforto and a couple others could have something to say about that), but what they do have is a high number of hitters who are projected to be above average. The Giants' top projected hitter has a 120 wRC+, which a lot of teams can beat, but 11 of their 13 projected Opening Day hitters project to boast a wRC+ of 104 or better, according to the ATC projection system.

It's an unconventional setup, but it should translate to above-average run scoring for the SF Giants. The Angels last year had Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani boast huge wRC+ numbers, but overall they were seven points below average offensively by wRC+. Meanwhile the Giants, without any star talent in the lineup, scored an above-average number of runs, outscored teams with superstars like the Padres, and had a 101 wRC+.

Obviously it'd be ideal to have terrific depth in addition to a superstar or three. But the San Francisco Giants came up short in their pursuit of a star this offseason. Still, the Giants' offense figures to be above average at scoring runs once again despite the lack of star talent. Defense and baserunning matter, too, but the Giants should be competent in those categories. Add it all up, and it's not surprsing that projection systems peg the Giants anywhere from 82 to 88 wins.

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