[Mick]

Posey is a star.  Right now he is a borderline HOFer as well as a spot on the San Francisco Giants Mt. Rushmore (Mays, Marichal, McCovey and Posey). That qualifies him for stardom.   

As for this season, Gausman is as good as any pitcher in the league west of Queens and DeSclafani has been a revelation.  

Heck, Posey, Crawford and Gausman are locks for the All-Star team.

Pretty good formula for success.  All-Star catcher, All-Star shortstop, no other weak links.  BTW, according to ESPN, Gausman is the #2 MLB player by WAR at 4.2.  Crawford is #21 overall at 2.9.  Duggar is #52 at 2.3 WAR.  Desclefani is #63 at 2.2.  Buster is #80 at 2.0.  Yastrzemski and Longoria are #89 at 1.9.  Those are our top 100 in WAR, per ESPN.

According to baseballreference.com, here's the MLB WAR rank by position for the Giants (SP=Starting Pitching, RP=Relief Pitching):

C:  #1 (1.1)
SS: #3 (2.0)
RF: #4 (1.0)
1B: #5 (0.7)
CF: #5 (1.4)
3B: #9 (1.0)
SP: #10 (3.8)
LF: #16 (-0.4)
RP: #18 (-1.5)
2B: #22 (-0.2)

[Mick]

Posey is a star.  Right now he is a borderline HOFer as well as a spot on the San Francisco Giants Mt. Rushmore (Mays, Marichal, McCovey and Posey). That qualifies him for stardom.   

As for this season, Gausman is as good as any pitcher in the league west of Queens and DeSclafani has been a revelation.  

Heck, Posey, Crawford and Gausman are locks for the All-Star team.

Pretty good formula for success.  All-Star catcher, All-Star shortstop, no other weak links.  BTW, according to ESPN, Gausman is the #2 MLB player by WAR at 4.2.  Crawford is #21 overall at 2.9.  Duggar is #52 at 2.3 WAR.  Desclefani is #63 at 2.2.  Buster is #80 at 2.0.  Yastrzemski and Longoria are #89 at 1.9.  Those are our top 100 in WAR, per ESPN.

According to baseballreference.com, here's the MLB WAR rank by position for the Giants (SP=Starting Pitching, RP=Relief Pitching):

C:  #1 (1.1)
SS: #3 (2.0)
RF: #4 (1.0)
1B: #5 (0.7)
CF: #5 (1.4)
3B: #9 (1.0)
SP: #10 (3.8)
LF: #16 (-0.4)
RP: #18 (-1.5)
2B: #22 (-0.2)