The Giants had a nice little seven-game win streak and that got them back in the race with the Dodgers and the Padres for the NL West title. The 41-31 (.569) Giants are two games behind LA and one game ahead of SD.
The pitching has been stellar. By any measure (8.2 WAR, 10th; 3.46 FIP, 3rd; 3.30 ERA, 3rd) the Giants have suppressed run-scoring at a better-than-average rate. It's a big reason they have 41 wins (8th-most in MLB). The bullpen has been particularly good, especially Randy Rodriguez, Camilo Doval, Erik Miller, and the always-underappreciated Tyler Rogers. Two starters have put up All-Star work so far, and that would be Logan Webb (2.8 fWAR, 1.9 bWAR) and Robbie Ray (1.8 fWAR, 2.0 bWAR). With Kyle Harrison now on the Red Sox AAA squad in Worcester, the team will have to get big performances from Landen Roupp and Hayden Birdsong. Justin Verlander comes off the IL and pitches on Wednesday.
The offense has been barely competent. They are 20th in WAR (7.2) and 21st in wOBA (.305). They've scored 309 runs (the league average is 308) for a 4.3 rpg mark. Their .232 BA is 24th, their .311 OBA is 21st, and their .377 SLG is 23rd.
I think we can see why Buster Posey took a "big swing" and got Rafael Devers to bolster the lineup. Ray goes tomorrow night against Cleveland at home (6:45 PT) with Verlander on Wednesday night and Webb going Thursday afternoon (1:05). Boston comes to town for the weekend and we'll see Birdsong, Roupp, and Ray. That should be interesting!
--M.C.
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Apparently Harrison, Birdsong, Roupp, and Tisdale were offered as the key part of the package. One from the above, plus a left hand power hitting prospect, Hicks, (which takes of some of the financial pressure from the giants for the next few years of Devers, and a young prospect power arm. According to what I have heard, Harrison was the essential piece, Roupp, Birdsong, and Tisdale were rejected. Boston sees Harrison as a potential ACE of number 2 starter. We will have to see when Boston calls him up. Probably will not be long.
Well that's water under the bridge. I never look back at trades. I'm just looking forward to Devers and hoping it helps the lineup score more goddamn runs!
This is not a criticism of the trade, but the Giants certainly have not been able to respond.
Last night, 1 of 14 with RISP.
Tonight, 0 for 6.
The 8th was illustrative.
Adames on 1st, no outs.
Devers, 1 pitch, pop out.
Flores, 2 pitches, fly out.
Schmitt, 2 pitches, foul out.
It's like an organizational failing. It matters not who is in the lineup! Those RISP numbers have been bad, it seems, for years.
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