The became Major League Baseball's first team to record 100 wins this season on Friday night, knocking off the by a 7-2 final ( ). The Giants had four hitters launch home runs while four pitchers combined to throw five scorele s innings in relief of starter .This season marks the eighth 100-win campaign in Giants franchise history, though four of those occurred when they were Eric Staal Jersey located in New York. The last time the Giants cleared the century mark was in 2003, when they were downed in four games Devan Dubnyk Jersey by the then-Florida in the National League Division Series. (The Marlins would go on to win the World Series.)As Baseball Prospectus author Patrick Dubuque noted on Friday, : No projection system (or human being) is going to get them all right. And in some cases, no one is going to get a particular team right. PECOTA tabbed the Giants for a 75-87 record, a bar that Christian Folin Jersey the team may clear by 30 games. Sure, the system has had its faults before; back in the day, it always seemed to doubt the Showalter-era , and now it seems to have a slighter, but equally tenacious, suspicion of the . ZiPS matched our outlook with 75 wins, and FiveThirtyEight arrived at 74. But in this case, it wasn't just the computers that mi sed. ESPN tabbed the Giants for 70-92; The Ringer ranked them 25th overall; USA Today gue sed 76-86.Neverthele s, the Giants have outpaced preseason expectations through a few means. Their lineup, full of players previously thought to Zach Parise Jersey be too old and past their primes, have turned back the clock to rank fourth in the majors in wRC+ ( ). Their pitching staff, composed of relative nobodies, has the second-best staff ERA in the game. And so on.Whether or not the Giants' methodology proves repeatable in future seasons is anyone's gue s, but that aspect of San Francisco's succe s doesn't matter at present. Rather, what matters right now is that they maintain their lead in the National League West, thereby Charlie Coyle Jersey avoiding a Wild Card Game matchup against the (another team currently defying expectations). The Giants would seem positioned to do just that, as their schedule calls for five games against the lowly Rockies and and then three against the sliding . Just two other teams are realistic candidates to win 100 Darcy Kuemper Jersey games this season. The , only a game behind the Giants in the division race, could win their 100th as soon as Saturday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The , meanwhile, will have to win five of their eight remaining games in order to notch the first 100-victory season in franchise history.