Just A Thought

[SF11704]

We all have talked about the Giants' collapse this year .... but .... was it really a collapse .... or is the issue quite different ...

On August 1st the Giants record was 55-55. But if you look into these 110 games you can glean a somewhat different picture ... than a collapse .... very different ...

During these 110 games the Giants had TWO very impressive streaks, They opened the season at 12-4 and had an 8-0 streak in early June.
These two streaks combine for a record of 20-4 over these 24 games. That means for the remaining 86 games we had a record of 35-51.

A record of 35-51 equates to about playing .400 over these 86 games. These 86 games also equates to about 78% of the 110 game total. This means that for 78% of this chunk of the season we played .400 ball! That is not indicative of a collapse. This tends to indicate what the team is really like. Rather than tank, we played exceptional ball for 22% of this part of the season.

For me personally, this aspect of what was happening was lost because our pitching was actually great. We were losing a lot of close games. In quite a few of these games we only gave up 3 or less runs. I always thought our hitting would turn around and we would be fine .... but it never really did.

I just don't believe that we actually collapsed ..... more like a long fall into mediocrity ...

 

[tzill]

We all have talked about the Giants' collapse this year .... but .... was it really a collapse .... or is the issue quite different ...

On August 1st the Giants record was 55-55. But if you look into these 110 games you can glean a somewhat different picture ... than a collapse .... very different ...

During these 110 games the Giants had TWO very impressive streaks, They opened the season at 12-4 and had an 8-0 streak in early June.
These two streaks combine for a record of 20-4 over these 24 games. That means for the remaining 86 games we had a record of 35-51.

A record of 35-51 equates to about playing .400 over these 86 games. These 86 games also equates to about 78% of the 110 game total. This means that for 78% of this chunk of the season we played .400 ball! That is not indicative of a collapse. This tends to indicate what the team is really like. Rather than tank, we played exceptional ball for 22% of this part of the season.

For me personally, this aspect of what was happening was lost because our pitching was actually great. We were losing a lot of close games. In quite a few of these games we only gave up 3 or less runs. I always thought our hitting would turn around and we would be fine .... but it never really did.

I just don't believe that we actually collapsed ..... more like a long fall into mediocrity ...

Fair points. This is a .500 team.
/checks record.

EXACTLY a .500 team. It looked for about six weeks that we were on our way to 100 losses, but the win streaks brought us back to....

.500. Mediocre. That's what the 2025 Giants are. Buster knew that at the deadline. It was apparent to any free thinking individual, aka "any old little bitch."

The bones are there for a good team: Lee/Adames/Devers/Chapman/Bryce/Ramos/Schmitt/Bailey/RF is a pretty good lineup

A rotation of Webb/Ray/JV/Roupp/(Whiz, Bird, Seymour) is solid

They have to figure out the bullpen but that's the same every year.

Now BRING ME BRYCEBOMBS (and a little cash)

 

[LHG]

Good point. It seems that the Giants' recent mediocre seasons have had a hot streak just before the trading deadline. This year's hot streaks were a little earlier than that so instead of the FO feeling like they have to buy or somehow stand pat, they actually sold. I guess we all forgot (well, most of us, including myself) how this team tends to go hot for some time and make us all think they are going to be legitimate, only to dash our hopes.