ESPN analyst baffled by the Giants' sluggish start on offense

ESPN analyst baffled by the Giants' sluggish start on offense

Home runs have been hard to come by for the expected home run hitters the Giants have in their lineup. Devers has two, Bader has one, and Chapman has one.

Now, that's four combined home runs between three hitters, and in total, 22 combined home runs as a team. That's not much, especially when you look at Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami and New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge, both of whom lead MLB with 14 apiece.

ESPN's Bradford Doolittle is perplexed by just how bad this offense looks. Especially when Casey Schmidt is the team's home run leader.

"The Giants don't hit for a high average despite above-average contact rates, and they're last in the majors in walks, homers and steals. How is that possible? Casey Schmidt is the team home run leader with five and no one else has more than three."

To put it simply, it's going to be hard to get anything going if the offense continues to look like this. They have to figure out a way to put more runs on the board in any way that they can, or it's going to be yet another long season where they miss the postseason.

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