Thursday, April 22, 2004

 

Rock Bottom??

Last night was awful. Unbelievably horrible. Hope seems like a very distant mirage to Giants fans right now. Sometimes, it's just good to wallow a bit. Let's wallow in some of the unlovely totals, as Joe Angel might say:

Last night's score: Padres 11, Giants 0.

Giants' current record: 6-9

Giants' current win %: .400 (12th in NL)

Giants' season record if they finish at .400: 65-97

Giants runs scored: 58 (12th in NL)

Giants runs allowed: 80 (12th in NL)

Giants' Pythagorean win %: .333

Giants' Pythagorean season record: 54-108

Giants team hitting: .252/.333/.394

Giants team OPS: .727 (12th in NL)

Giants team hitting, excluding Bonds: .231/.288/.375

Giants team OPS, excluding Bonds: .663 (15th in NL)

Giants team ERA: 5.18 (13th in NL)

That's enough ugliness.

Is this a decent team having a horrible homestand? Or is this just a bad team? It's too early to say yet, but the evidence is not encouraging. Alfonzo and Pierzynski should hit better as the season goes on. Last night's Schmidt should be an aberration. Aside from that, there's little hope for great improvement. You can't even look to Bonds--he simply won't continue at an OPS of over 2.000. At his very best, he can't carry the 2004 Giants. When he cools down to his normal OPS of 1.300 or so...well, now we're venturing into Lovecraft country.

Knowing Brian Sabean, there will be further massive changes to this team.

Jefferson 11:20 AM

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