SFGiantsGuy

The MLB Trade Deadline is a week away. The Giants started off the 2nd half hot, going 5-0 sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates and then taking the first two games against a sneaky good Reds team in Cincinnati. Since then? A complete dumpster fire. The Giants have lost 6 in a row, finishing a 11-game road trip against mostly sub .500 teams at 5-6. Although the road trip was long and somewhat grueling, the opponents represented a soft spot in the schedule for SF, a chance to make up ground on the Los Angeles Dodgers who had a brutal portion of their schedule on the road against contenders like the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers. The Dodgers went 6-3 to instead put distance between themselves and the Giants and Dbacks. The Giants are broken. They have been one of the most injured teams in baseball which has led to extensive playing time for rookies who are showing they're not quite ready for a pennant race. After a scorching 18-8 June, the Giants are currently 8-11 in July. They are s...

 The Giants suck! Farhan sucks! Kapler is a goober! This team has no plan! Cut Brandon Crawford and bring up Casey Schmitt! Where is Kyle Harrison!?  Those were the cries in April and the beginning of May. Coming off a very poor-for-the-optics offseason where they endured the great Aaron Judge Whiff and the Carlos Correa Catastrophe, Giants fans were up in arms. There's always the good shepherd fans out there, the ones that choose to see the light through the dark, but even for some of them it was hard. On May 1st, the Giants were 11-17, buried in 4th place, closer to last place than 3rd, and were already a full 5 games back of the first place Dodgers. Their line-up was wildly inconsistent and their offseason sextet of Mitch Haniger, Michael Conforto, Ross Stripling, Sean Manaea, Taylor Rogers, and Luke Jackson were massively underperforming or were hurt or were both underperforming AND hurt. By May 15th, things looked outright bleak and some fans were prepping for a massive s...