[ATLcardinal]

The starters named Samarzdija and Bumgarner will need to be near perfect, but that is at least somewhat plausible. 

Samarzdija and Bumgarner have a combined record of 17-16 (with 18 no-decisions). It would be great if they were near perfect for the next six weeks, but that seems pretty optimistic.

While Bum and Shark have that combined record of 17-16, in July/August the Giants are 14-3 in games those two have started (which matches what my eyeballs have been seeing).  I thought team would revert to mean after the trade deadline, but they continue to hang in there which is kind of crazy if you think about starters 3-5.  If they find some magic from Cueto, Rodriguez, maybe Webb they could stay in it til the end.  And if they are in it at the end anything can happen.  Fun season.

[ATLcardinal]

The starters named Samarzdija and Bumgarner will need to be near perfect, but that is at least somewhat plausible. 

Samarzdija and Bumgarner have a combined record of 17-16 (with 18 no-decisions). It would be great if they were near perfect for the next six weeks, but that seems pretty optimistic.

While Bum and Shark have that combined record of 17-16, in July/August the Giants are 14-3 in games those two have started (which matches what my eyeballs have been seeing).  I thought team would revert to mean after the trade deadline, but they continue to hang in there which is kind of crazy if you think about starters 3-5.  If they find some magic from Cueto, Rodriguez, maybe Webb they could stay in it til the end.  And if they are in it at the end anything can happen.  Fun season.