5 reasons Giants having one of worst MLB seasons in team history: I didnt see us being here

DENVER — Matt Chapman had to catch himself recently while trying to speak hope into existence of what is increasingly looking like one of the most dreadful seasons of the nearly seven decades the Giants have played baseball on the West Coast.“It’s been a rough start to the season — I guess we’re past the start of the season,” he said.“It’s been a rough first half of the season.”As the losses pile up, it’s increasingly clear: Not only were their playoff expectations wildly misplaced, this team just plain stinks.

At 36-50, there have been just six other teams in the San Francisco era to start this poorly.Their average finish: 68-94.“It just hasn’t gone the way we envisioned it,” Chapman said.

“I didn’t see us being here at this point in the season.”Let’s examine the reasons why:1) Less than two years into Buster Posey’s tenure as the club’s top baseball executive, his two biggest moves already look like sunk costs. The fact that the Giants are reportedly looking to get off the contracts of Willy Adames and Rafael Devers just a season after acquiring them — and that interest from the other 29 teams is expected to be tepid at best — should tell you all you need to know.Devers, at least, has found his power stroke more recently and is one off the team lead in home runs with 15.He leads the league in doubles.

But his .306 on-base percentage is on pace to be his lowest since he was a 21-year-old in 2018 — 40 points below his career average.There’s a case to be made that Adames has been the worst everyday player in the majors.His defense at shortstop — a premium position — has been the worst in the sport, per Outs Above Average (minus-13).

He accounts for more than a quarter of the outs the Giants have made on the bases, three more than any other player, while also taking the extra base on fewer of his chances (31%) than any regular on the roster besides Bryce Eldridge.His at-bats have, for the most part, been atrocious...