[Giants]

500! Two HRs. Encarnacion with two hits. Webb with a strong outing. Bullpen really solid. Still, a big hole to dig out of, but progress against crappy teams. . . .

Doval struck out the side in the ninth.

Giants are just 1/2 game behind Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

Not to be the wet blanket, but Ray, Chapman and Snell all have opt-outs next year.

I think Snell will opt-out (he certainly should).  Chapman and Ray?  No clue.

Obviously all of these guys were on "prove it" contracts and if they played well enough they were going to opt-out. The Giants knew that when they offered those contracts. In fact, in a perverse sort of way the Giants wanted all of them to have the kind of year that would justify opting-out :-). The Giants may hope that a good experience this year will give them a "home town discount" in negotiating with these guys if/when they do opt-out. To the extent that would be true, making the playoffs would undoubtedly help.

I am not aware of any Boras clients (Snell/Chapman) giving hometown discounts.  They generally squeeze every dollar they can from ownership.  Of course, we saw that approach backfire last off-season.

[Giants]

500! Two HRs. Encarnacion with two hits. Webb with a strong outing. Bullpen really solid. Still, a big hole to dig out of, but progress against crappy teams. . . .

Doval struck out the side in the ninth.

Giants are just 1/2 game behind Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

Not to be the wet blanket, but Ray, Chapman and Snell all have opt-outs next year.

I think Snell will opt-out (he certainly should).  Chapman and Ray?  No clue.

Obviously all of these guys were on "prove it" contracts and if they played well enough they were going to opt-out. The Giants knew that when they offered those contracts. In fact, in a perverse sort of way the Giants wanted all of them to have the kind of year that would justify opting-out :-). The Giants may hope that a good experience this year will give them a "home town discount" in negotiating with these guys if/when they do opt-out. To the extent that would be true, making the playoffs would undoubtedly help.

I am not aware of any Boras clients (Snell/Chapman) giving hometown discounts.  They generally squeeze every dollar they can from ownership.  Of course, we saw that approach backfire last off-season.