[Mick]

Interesting how many pieces are failing simultaneously.

Bailey's off to a good start (.296/.782), Conforto's hitting .310, Wade is hitting .344. That's the good news. On the other hand, Yaz hasn't been an all-star player in years, now hitting .130 which exceeds Matos, Fitzpatrick's and Slater's collective .000 in 17 plate appearances. Estrada's at .174. Flores is about average at .269, OPS .653, but lots of Dodger pitching in there. Expensive acquisitions Chapman (.184), Soler (.209), Jung Hoo Lee (.255), Murphy (.111) are underperforming. Nick Ahmed's at .222, about what we'd thought and better than Crawford's .167 for St. Louis. JD Davis has faded after a torrid start. Joey Bart is tearing the cover off the ball, hitting .375, OPS of 1.319. 

Hicks has a 0.75 ERA. None of the other starters have an ERA better than 4.76. Star closer Doval has a 6.75 ERA. Team ERA is 5.42, 14th of 15 NL teams.

Giant OPS is 12th of 15 NL teams, runs scored is 11th.

They're still getting it together.  Last year's team started 6-13 before going on a 55-36 tear, which -- unfortunately -- they couldn't keep up. At least they got rid of the unstable players from last year.

SFG's #8 and #9 hitters, Nick Ahmed (.282) and Fitzgerald (.500) were 6 for 6 with five runs and three RBIs. 

Stanford watch: Slater went 1 for 3 with an RBI from the leadoff spot, and Erik Miller closed it out with three strikeouts in the ninth, dropping his ERA from 10.75 to 9.00.

Hicks is just amazing to watch. And the Giants had their first, second and third stolen bases (Chapman, and 2 by Fitzgerald) and their first triple by 98 year old Nick Ahmed.

Odd stat: four of the top 5 hitters in the NL, as measured by number of hits, are Dodgers (Smith, Ohtani, Betts, and Freeman).

[Mick]

Interesting how many pieces are failing simultaneously.

Bailey's off to a good start (.296/.782), Conforto's hitting .310, Wade is hitting .344. That's the good news. On the other hand, Yaz hasn't been an all-star player in years, now hitting .130 which exceeds Matos, Fitzpatrick's and Slater's collective .000 in 17 plate appearances. Estrada's at .174. Flores is about average at .269, OPS .653, but lots of Dodger pitching in there. Expensive acquisitions Chapman (.184), Soler (.209), Jung Hoo Lee (.255), Murphy (.111) are underperforming. Nick Ahmed's at .222, about what we'd thought and better than Crawford's .167 for St. Louis. JD Davis has faded after a torrid start. Joey Bart is tearing the cover off the ball, hitting .375, OPS of 1.319. 

Hicks has a 0.75 ERA. None of the other starters have an ERA better than 4.76. Star closer Doval has a 6.75 ERA. Team ERA is 5.42, 14th of 15 NL teams.

Giant OPS is 12th of 15 NL teams, runs scored is 11th.

They're still getting it together.  Last year's team started 6-13 before going on a 55-36 tear, which -- unfortunately -- they couldn't keep up. At least they got rid of the unstable players from last year.

SFG's #8 and #9 hitters, Nick Ahmed (.282) and Fitzgerald (.500) were 6 for 6 with five runs and three RBIs. 

Stanford watch: Slater went 1 for 3 with an RBI from the leadoff spot, and Erik Miller closed it out with three strikeouts in the ninth, dropping his ERA from 10.75 to 9.00.

Hicks is just amazing to watch. And the Giants had their first, second and third stolen bases (Chapman, and 2 by Fitzgerald) and their first triple by 98 year old Nick Ahmed.

Odd stat: four of the top 5 hitters in the NL, as measured by number of hits, are Dodgers (Smith, Ohtani, Betts, and Freeman).