The collapse of the SF Giants left a lot of blame around .
The SF Giants may still be hitting over .
500, but JD Salazar sees them as a team that continues to find ways to lose.
Last night, the SF Giants lost to the Cubs in a game where they gave up multiple leads.
The day before, the Giants lost to the Cubs without a loss.
The day before, the Giants lost to the Padres without a loss.
San Francisco is two games out of the National League wild-card spot, but that means little since another month of play won’t erase the identity this team has built.
This team has mastered the art of losing.
Even if the Giants lose two out of three games to their playoff rivals, it doesn’t matter because they’re still “in the corner.
” It’s okay if none of you can run, because there’s a chance you’ll hit a hot streak at some point in the future.
Even if a defensive mistake leads to a home run on the field, that’s okay because it’s all part of the process.
It’s okay to demand perfection from your starters and watch them blow up when they can’t.
The Giants are an MLB organization with expected turnover, respected veterans, and front office stability.
The company’s policy has remained unchanged for the past 30 years.
They want to win it.
But they have too many players and a struggling rookie project, and it doesn’t look like they’ll be able to compete again this year.
They say the right things – “We’re ready to fight,” “It’s anyone’s game at this point” – then go out and play like a team in the middle of a disastrous rebuild.
That makes watching this team an excruciating exercise in duplicity.
The right thing to do would be to release some veterans, play as many rookies as possible, and hope to get a middling draft pick next year.
But management is afraid to admit that this season’s efforts have been a failure.
Then Kippen gets knocked out of his seat, they throw themselves into the fire, and Shohei Ohtani becomes the next Aaron Judge, or Bryce Harper, or Giancarlo Stanton, or Shohei Ohtani (for the first time).
There is a very real possibility that this will become the case.
The only way to get out of this mess is to actually win ballgames, but that requires half the lineup to hit better than Casey McGee did when he wore the orange and black.
But do you know the real reason why watching Giants games is truly terrifying?
Do you know the real reason they gave up on this season, whether they admit it or not?
Because there is no responsibility.
There is no standard of excellence that this team adheres to and they must be held accountable if they fail to achieve it.
The players lacked responsibility.
Joc Pederson made nearly $20 million as a backup DH.
What will become of Crawford, who was set to take over the reins in what could be the last season of his career?
DeSclafani retired after pitching less than 100 innings at the fifth starting level, reaching eight figures in the process.
He left the team at the beginning of the summer and rehabilitated at his home.
Why does Tyro Estrada have to call a team meeting to straighten things out?
The coaching staff didn’t faze the team either.
The Giants’ total offense since the All-Star break is .
214.
During this time, they had six stolen bases.
The team averaged 32 stolen bases.
Where has the aggressive, aggressive “never let up on the gas” philosophy that has excited this team in recent years gone?
He certainly didn’t appear on the field.
Either hitting coaches are given an impossible task or they are not up to the task.
In any case, someone is missing.
The Giants, on the other hand, entered the season with seven options in their rotation.
Two of them are current starters.
Pitching hasn’t been the problem so far, but it’s worth asking: Is this really the championship model for the next 10 years?
