The San Francisco Giants are having a roller-coaster season. In their most recent stretch of games, the SF Giants have won five straight, lost four straight, won four straight, and then lost yesterday's series finale to the Brewers. All-in-all, their 15-18 record is unimpressive, but they've mixed elite performance by some (such as Thairo Estrada, J.D. Davis, LaMonte Wade Jr., Alex Cobb, and Tony DeSclafani) with horrendous performance (from the likes of Ross Stripling and Sean Manaea).

One theme that has emerged for the Giants is that their offseason signings—Stripling, Manaea, Taylor Rogers, Michael Conforto, and Mitch Haniger—have ranged from awful to mediocre at best. However, it's still very early in the season and all of these players have strong track records that should be weighted more heavily than their most recent five weeks.

However, particularly in the case of Stripling and Manaea, who've combined to allow 38 runs in 49 innings (a 6.98 ERA), the Giants may be compelled to make some moves relatively quickly. Alex Wood pitched on a rehab assignment yesterday and should be ready to replace one of those two in the rotation soon. And Kyle Harrison, the Giants' top pitching prospect and one of the best in baseball, just had by far his most dominant outing of the year in Triple-A. His strikeout rate has been excellent all year, but walks have been a major problem. However, in his most recent start, he walked none. If he has another start or two like that, he could find himself in the major leagues.

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