[Goose]

It sure would be great to see Logan Webb go 6+ innings and give up 3 or fewer runs tonight. Going into this series I saw the Giants as still alive if they 2in 3/4 in Arizona.  It's now doable with Bum on the mound tomorrow.

The Giants have no named starters not named Samarzdija and Bumgarner for the next 6 games after today.  That's not too inspiring.

If one or more of the "AAA" pitchers can somehow step up and have at least a .500 record, the Giants have a chance. The starters named Samarzdija and Bumgarner will need to be near perfect, but that is at least somewhat plausible. If the three remaining starters (whoever they actually turn out to be) can collectively win half their starts, the Giants almost certainly do make the wildcard. The "AAA" guys can even be somewhat worse than that and the Giants still would have a shot. However, you are absolutely correct that the past performance in those slots has not been exactly inspiring. Hopefully Logan Webb can provide some help there. If he can, the Giants may get on a roll, and as they proved already, they can play very well at least for a month. That may be enough. Hopefully, they can play "meaningful" baseball at least to the very end of the regular season!

[Goose]

It sure would be great to see Logan Webb go 6+ innings and give up 3 or fewer runs tonight. Going into this series I saw the Giants as still alive if they 2in 3/4 in Arizona.  It's now doable with Bum on the mound tomorrow.

The Giants have no named starters not named Samarzdija and Bumgarner for the next 6 games after today.  That's not too inspiring.

If one or more of the "AAA" pitchers can somehow step up and have at least a .500 record, the Giants have a chance. The starters named Samarzdija and Bumgarner will need to be near perfect, but that is at least somewhat plausible. If the three remaining starters (whoever they actually turn out to be) can collectively win half their starts, the Giants almost certainly do make the wildcard. The "AAA" guys can even be somewhat worse than that and the Giants still would have a shot. However, you are absolutely correct that the past performance in those slots has not been exactly inspiring. Hopefully Logan Webb can provide some help there. If he can, the Giants may get on a roll, and as they proved already, they can play very well at least for a month. That may be enough. Hopefully, they can play "meaningful" baseball at least to the very end of the regular season!