The San Francisco Giants continue to find ways to lose. They frequently jump out to early leads, but their NL-worst bullpen has coughed up those leads on multiple occasions. John Brebbia served as an opener and pitched a clean inning, and the Giants jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but Ross Stripling's absolutely miserable season continued to he gave the lead right back.

They get brilliant outings from Anthony DeSclafani and Logan Webb, but on those days the offense can't provide enough run support. Indeed, the SF Giants are just stuck in a miserable rut of losing, and it's been going on ever since a 13-5 start to the 2022 season. There are reasons for optimism, however.

They have several pitchers and position players performing at a very high level (Webb, Alex Cobb, DeSclafani, Thairo Estrada, LaMonte Wade Jr., J.D. Davis). Literally all of their free-agent signings from this offseason have track records of being at least average and often much better than that, and they're all performing well below their career numbers. Career numbers matter more when projecting forward than six weeks of a season.

But the Giants' position in the standings is not good, and they need to start winning some games—soon. They face a team in the Phillies that will likely end up in wild card territory starting tonight, so it's important for the Giants to have a good series.

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