The San Francisco Giants are one of the worst teams in baseball, which is quite surprising.The Giants are 57-81 for the season, and with their next loss, they will guarantee they are going to have a losing season.
It was pretty unlikely they would go undefeated this month, but they are likely to lose between 90 and 95 games.This is another team in the league with plenty of talent, but they just couldn't put it together.
Can it be blamed on their manager? The front office? Or is it just a lack of success from the pitching and offense combined?Giants pitcher Logan Webb deleted his X account after a wild meltdown fighting online critics.(Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images) ((Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images))I'd put most of the blame on the pitching staff as they carry a 4.34 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP into today's game.
As usual with this pitching staff, the lone bright spot has been Logan Webb.This season, Webb is 8-8 with a 3.72 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.
He is in a bad situation tonight, though.On the road, he has a 4.16 ERA, and in night games, he has a 4.98 ERA.
Both are worse than his home and day starts.He did have a rather strong August with only one bad start.
In four outings, he allowed four earned runs over 26 innings.In the lone bad start, he allowed five earned runs in 2.2 innings.
The Pirates hitters haven't been great against him, with just 12 hits in 58 at-bats.The Pittsburgh Pirates were expected to compete for a Wild Card spot this season, but it hasn't gone as expected.The team is just four games under .500, so they still have a chance to end the season at .500 or better, but the chances of them making the postseason are slim.
The hitting has improved, and that is a big reason for the improvement overall for the team this year.However, the pitching staff hasn't performed as well as needed this season despite having high hopes.Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes delivers a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning at Rog...