5 Reasons Why San Francisco Giants Will Win 2014 World Series

Bruce Bochy is the best manager in MLB. Don't believe me? Well, check this out.

He's on a path to become only the 10th manager in MLB history to win three World Series titles; the other nine are in the Hall of Fame. He's one of just 12 bench bosses who have managed for 20 years, have a plus .500 record and who have won multiple World Series championships; 10 of those 11 managers are in the Hall of Fame.

Need I say more?

Madison Bumgarner -- 1.42 ERA, 0.76 WHIP and 28 punch outs in 31.2 innings -- is the best pitcher in the 2014 postseason, and during his career, he's held the Royals' current lineup to a .218 BAA, .232 OBP and .291 SLG.

In other words, MadBum is a royal pain.

With all due respect to the Royals' offense whose collective slash line (.259/.331/.390) is better than that of the Giants, it's the Giants' offense that should be feared.

The heart of the Giants' order -- Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence -- is slashing a combined .295/.364/.351. The trio hasn't gone yard this postseason, but the law of averages states that the long balls are coming.

There's no question that the Royals have an amazing bullpen, but the Giants' pen isn't exactly one to shake a stick at.

Yusmeiro Petit set a MLB record this year when he retired 47 straight batters. Jeremy Affeldt is on a streak of 19 straight postseason appearances without allowing a run and Santiago Casilla has a streak of 17 straight playoff appearances without allowing a run.

The Giants' defense is better, albeit slightly, than the Royals' defense. In 10 playoff contests, the Giants own the best fielding percentage (.992) of any team whose played more than four games. Furthermore, the Giants have averaged only one error every 3.33 games this postseason compared to the Royals' average of one error per every 2.67 games.

Advantage Giants.