The San Francisco Giants made a number of moves with their roster leading up to the 2024 season. Some of those moves, such as signing outfielder Jung Hoo Lee fr

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals play the San Francisco Giants looking to end their five-game home losing streak. Kansas City has an 82-73 record overall and a 45-35 record in home games. The Royals are 65-12 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The Giants have outscored their opponents 31-9 while going 5-1 against a pair of AL playoff hopefuls to start their final road trip.

Notoriously, it has been a struggle for the San Francisco Giants to recruit free agents to the team. That is a trend they began to buck in the offseason leading into the 2024 regular season. Reigning Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and third baseman Matt Chapman were both hoping to land lucrative long-term deals.

Matt Chapman's extension is a start, but this team will need to shake some things up if it wants to get back to contending.

One of the main ones is the fact that the team managed to lock up star third baseman Matt Chapman on a six-year, $151 million contract extension earlier this month, and it sounds like one of their former players in Buster Posey played a big role in convincing him to stay in town.