The Giants scoring woes continued in a 2-1 loss to division rivals Arizona. The Diamondbacks star outfielder hit two solo shots off Justin Verlander and that was enough to send the good guys to their fourth straight defeat.
Catcher and first base are black holes and with Tyler Fitzgerald out so is second base. Willy Adames, our new shortstop, is sporting a .218/.296/.339 line. Matt Chapman is delivering his usual stellar fielding and solid hitting. The offense is all in the outfield with strong performances so far from Heliot Ramos, Jung Hoo Lee, and Mike Yastrzemski. The Giants 192 runs scored is 12th in MLB and their 4.57 rpg is a tick above the 4.36 league average.
On the pitching side fine work from Logan Webb and Robbie Ray gives the team a nice tandem at the top of the rotation. The rest is still a work-in-progress. The bullpen has been excellent overall, especially Tyler Rogers, Randy Rodriguez, Erik Miller, and Camilo Doval. They've also gotten good stuff from Hayden Birdsong and Spencer Bivens and now they've added Kyle Harrison to the mix. The team has allowed 158 runs which is the 8th-best in MLB. They are over half a run (3.76 rpg) below the league average (4.36). FIP likes the Giants staff (their 3.41 is second to the Mets 3.24) because they limit homers (32, 2nd-fewest), bases on balls (130, 11th-fewest), and have good strikeout numbers (368, 7th-best).
It's one-fourth of the way through the season. There are two more games with Arizona (tonight at 6:45 and tomorrow at 12:45) before an off-day Thursday. Then there's six more games on the homestand before another off-day followed by a three-city road trip to finish the month of May.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
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