The Author originally published the following slideshow at hotstove.com, and it can also be seen here:
http://www.hotstove.com/2010/03/will-the-san-francisco-giants-make-the-p...
When a team finishes 72-90 in 2008 and then jumps up to a 88-74 finish in 2009, 2010 expectations obviously skyrocket. The San Francisco Giants find themselves in such a situation.
After a 16 game improvement last season, the team expects to not only make the postseason in 2010 — they expect to do it by winning the National League West.
Unfortunately, there are still way too many “ifs” when it comes to the Giants making the postseason for the first time since 2003. If the Giants want to break the streak of six straight seasons without playoff baseball, then the majority of the breaks must go their way.
In particular, there are four players on the roster who are practically coin tosses on whether or not they will produce the types of seasons needed to help the team improve in 2010.
Those four key players are as follows:
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