Kurtenbach: There’s only one way to measure SF Giants success in 2025

Only one thing will make the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season a success.

And it’s not a certain number of wins, a push of the Dodgers in the National League West, or even a playoff berth.

Of course, a winning season and the team’s first trip to the playoffs since 2021 would be nice, but this Giants’ season will be appropriately judged strictly by the conversation around the team.

If in two, four, and six months we’re talking about the Giants on the field—and not the former...