The San Francisco Giants' full-strength position player group is one of the best in major league baseball. By FanGraphs WAR, they're seventh-best in all of baseball, and it's easy to see why. LaMonte Wade Jr., Thairo Estrada, and J.D. Davis are legitimately having All-Star caliber seasons. Then you add in established producers like Joc Pederson, Michael Conforto, and Mitch Haniger, and mix in some youth with the likes of Patrick Bailey and Casey Schmitt, and it's easy to understand that this is a deep and dangerous lineup when at full strength, as we saw last night.

But the SF Giants really should've scored more runs. The Giants' strikeout issues are examined, as are their numbers with runners in "scoring position." A breakdown on why statistics with "runners in scoring position" is really not that important is also given. But also: the Giants have done better in those situations than they've done when runners aren't on second and/or third.

Lastly, the SF Giants' pitching is discussed. Once again they won a bullpen game started by John Brebbia. Sean Manaea took down the bulk of the innings, and he pitched better than his final line would indicate. Over his last four appearances, all out of the bullpen, he's struck out a third of the batters he's faced and has a walk rate of just 7%. His ERA and FIP are sparkling over those last four outings, so this bullpen game with Manaea picking up bulk innings thing is working out well for the Giants.

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