Furthermore, hard-throwing September revelation Hunter Strickland was claimed off waivers from the Pirates in April 2013.

We're going to have to start talking about this team as a dynasty pretty soon, especially if they win another championship this year.

2014 New York Giants Starters, Roster, & Players: 6-10 (3rd in NFC East), Coach: Tom Coughlin, ProBowl: Beckham

He has been a mainstay on the bench ever since. The Giants did well by signing ace lefty reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a two-year, $7.5 million contract during the 2008-09 offseason. By Marc Normandin @Marc_Normandin Oct 21, 2014, 1:20pm EDT

In 2006 they used the 10th overall pick on Lincecum, a skinny little guy out of the University of Washington who scared some teams away with his funky delivery.

Homegrown, sorta: The Giants originally drafted both Ishikawa (21st round in 2002) and Ryan Vogelsong (fifth round in 1998), but they took the scenic route to the 2014 team. Shame them.

After parts of four unsuccessful years in Pittsburgh, he was released after the 2006 season.

2014 World Series - San Francisco Giants over Kansas City Royals (4-3) series statistics and schedule.

I mean, I don't mind repeating myself, here. Or write about sports? Those top-10 picks from 2006-08 sure did though, and they've all played major roles in the team's 2010 and '12 World Series titles. I'm in.

The Giants again held the 10th overall pick in 2007, and they used it to select Bumgarner out of a North Carolina high school. It's hard to believe Posey lasted until the fifth pick, isn't it? In fact, if they do win the World Series again this year, they'll have done it with a different ace/closer combination all three years: Tim Lincecum/Brian Wilson in 2010, Matt Cain/Sergio Romo in 2012, and Bumgarner/Santiago Casilla in 2014.

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Final breakdown: Unless something unexpected happens these next few days, the Giants will use the same roster in the World Series as they did during the NLCS. It was a risky signing because not only is Hudson approaching 40 (turned 39 in July), but he was also coming off the gruesome ankle injury that ended his 2013 season. Prove me wrong. Vogelsong spent the 2007-09 seasons in Japan before returning to the states on minor-league deals with the Phillies and the Angels. The Giants' entire postseason infield is homegrown: first baseman Brandon Belt was a fifth-round pick in 2009, second baseman Joe Panik was a first-round pick in 2011 (29th overall) and shortstop Brandon Crawford was a fourth-round pick in 2008. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Do you have a sports website?

The current bullpen includes just one homegrown player: Sergio Romo, who was drafted in the 28th round of the 2005 draft out of Mesa State College in Colorado. They traded him to the Pirates as part of the package for Jason Schmidt at the 2001 trade deadline. Giants likely to use same 25-man roster for Series, I will guarantee a Royals victory for $5,000, Wednesday BP: Rob Manfred wants the new rules to stay, MLB fans are pulling for the Rays, obviously.

Anatomy of a 2014 World Series team: San Francisco Giants The Giants are going to the World Series for the third time in the last five years.

Shame the other team. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 379 for 601, 4,410 yards, 30 td, 14 int, & 12 rushes for 31 yards and 1 td, 167 rushes for 639 yards, 4 td, & 30 catches for 226 yards and 0 td, Jacksonville Jaguars / 7th / 250th pick /, 91 catches for 1,305 yards, 12 td, & 7 rushes for 35 yards and 0 td, 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 12.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered, 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered, 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered.

He is obviously a key part of the team even though he is unable to play this October. There was concern his frame and delivery weren't built to last, and you know what?

This is when Tim Lincecum throws six innings in extras and becomes a hero. Coincidentally, the Pirates dropped Strickland from their 40-man roster to make room for former Giants lefty Jonathan Sanchez.

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