The San Francisco Giants came into this season off a failed year in 2017 where they lost 98 games and the following problems have hit Bruce Bochy’s team since the beginning of this season… GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. *Madison Bumgarner was injured in spring training and has made just seven starts since his return. […]
The 2014 baseball season hasn’t been one where everything has broken right for the San Francisco Giants. They got mediocre work from rotation ace Matt Cain and then lost him for the season. Second baseman Marco Scutaro has never gotten his back healthy. First baseman Brandon Belt hasn’t really developed as a hitter and now he’s got a persistent concussion. By rights, San Francisco should be on the outside looking in.
The National League West might be anybody’s to take in the second half, but there’s nothing about the San Francisco Giants that suggests they are ready to do the taken. The franchise that won its second World Series title in three seasons in 2012 is now 39-46 and in fifth place coming into Saturday’s games. The purpose of our MLB coverage here will be to establish whether pessimism is an overreaction to the present moment, or if serious structural flaws in the Giants are being exposed.
The San Francisco Giants keep on ticking. They don’t shovel out money like their NL West rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Giants have had some problems to overcome in the early going. But as we hit mid-May, it’s San Francisco who’s atop the division, their 23-16 record narrowly leading Arizona and Colorado.
It was a great year to be a baseball fan in the Bay Area last season. The Oakland A’s were one of the Cinderella stories in all of sports as they won the AL West, and the San Francisco Giants were even better, winning the World Series and keying their home city’s run as the most successful sports market of 2012. Now let’s see what both teams have in store for 2013.