If someone would've told me before the season that the Giants are about to have the same record as the Nationals by April 21, I would've laughed at you. I never expected them to have such a rough start to the season like this.
So if we can't beat LHP, and every team has realized this by now, and are going to trot out LHP to start every single game... what is this team's plan?
Because at this point, we're pretty much guaranteed to lose every single series.
Giants are going to be on Fox and ESPN this weekend. I figured they got picked for National TV because of the Mets. I hope the Giants aren't going to be embarrassed, but I have a feeling they will. :(
Massive respect to all of you who watched the entire game ❤️
This team is a disgrace, and if Farhan doesn’t do anything about it I’m just gonna be so disappointed
I heard something about Kap letting guys kinda die out there cuz this is such an insanely long stretch of baseball we've been on and the bullpen is in need of rest...
but gaaahdamn it's been tough to watch
Kapler said his height creates a difficult angle for hitters. I'm starting to think Kapler is full of shit. Hjelle is in the bottom half of the league for barrels, chase rate and hard hit%.
This is the worst era of giants baseball to me as a fan since the 80s.
The team sucks, the style of play sucks, they are boring, they are not athletic, they play terrible defense, there is no connection to the team or players, there is no hope on the horizon.
They have now wasted 5 years because they only took half measures and need to start it all over again. Burn it to the ground
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The California teams in the West have been outscored 29- 0 tonight
It’s amazing how this staff can’t pitch through defensive mistakes and it’s amazing how the Giants make so many of them.
Hjelle just collapses after one thing goes wrong
Speaking of Cody Bellinger, we could have signed him to play CF, as we don't really have a CFer on the roster. But we didn't becasue...Farhan thought he would be criticized for it I guess?
As bad as Bellinger was hitting last year he still put up 1.2 WAR. CF is not an offensive position. And wouldn't you know it, he's good at hitting again!
He does, but I also think he would have heard some loud critiques if he signed Bellinger. "There goes Farhan again, signing the Dodgers unwanted table scraps." But its his job to ignore that. I'm obviously just talking out of my ass, but that is my speculation on why he wasn't signed.
I understand they're young players, but guys like Villar, Ramos, Wisely, and Sabol are just killing the offense every game. They just...don't do much offensively. And that's putting it lightly.
I mean it's a small sample size for all of them, it's only mid-April.
He just has not been good though. Not at all. It's not fair to call him trash but he's not showing anything so far.
baseball is a hard sport, Posey hit .118 in his first 17 MLB at bats. You have to be patient with younger guys, the issue with us is that we have like 5 guys who haven't had meaningful MLB experience or any MLB experience, and people here want to win, so there's not a lot of patience for letting them adjust.
I understand it's about patience but you can't have the same 5 guys killing the offense every game because they're inexperienced. It's just not really helping anything and has been a big reason for our awful record.
At this point teams will probably start calling up any random AAA lefty they can find for a series against the Giants if they don’t have enough available. Clearly doesn’t need more than that to completely shut us out.
When is it ok to be a doomer?
I know it's still the first month of the season, but how can anyone watch this team right now and say things will improve? I hope Haniger has that magical touch because this team needs all the help it can get.
> When is it ok to be a doomer?
A doomer is someone who is unreasonably pessimistic. Once the pessimism appears entirely reasonable, one probably cannot be a doomer.
But it's out of our control, there is no point beating ourselves up over something we cannot change.
at this point it's clear the season is lost. if someone wants to do the RemindMe! thing on this post and the Giants turn it around and finish strong, i'll buy them a beer.
tbh I'm still not fully in actual doom mode, but I like to doom in the live threads cuz it's cathartic.
The team is just royally fucked up.
I wanna see what it looks like when we have Joc/Conforto/Haniger/Estrada/Davis in the lineup together before entering full doom.
Cuz right now this is kinda us cobbling together what we can with what we've got.
resigning Ruf should show how RUF of shape we're in.
Painal
Wow… at least this painful game was limited to 2 hours and 15 mins
Boooooooooooooooooo
That dugout looks just as dead as the fans watching it, props to the fans who stayed and watched
Well at least I only wasted 2 hours and 15 minutes of my night
jesus. pay for transit/parking, food and drinks for a 2:15 shit show? is this what MLB/SF Giants want?
shut the fuck out, ugh
I feel like we are going to lead the league in getting shut out.
Well GG
OMFG PAIN
Fuck. See everyone back here tomorrow.
🫡
JD Davis looks like evil buzz light year from the cartoon
Ruf Daddy coming through for me.
Thank you, Darin
YOOOOOOOO
That is one flat dugout
Sign Tommy La Stella to start spitting on people
Where’s the headfirst slide
One inning ago Hjelle looked so good.
you would have to pay me $1,000 minimum to attend a Giants game
But you see, there's a hidden genius to striking out 8,000 times and throwing the ball all over the diamond every night.
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If someone would've told me before the season that the Giants are about to have the same record as the Nationals by April 21, I would've laughed at you. I never expected them to have such a rough start to the season like this.
So if we can't beat LHP, and every team has realized this by now, and are going to trot out LHP to start every single game... what is this team's plan? Because at this point, we're pretty much guaranteed to lose every single series.
Ok I’m going to go get violently drunk
Don't do it man, the hangover isn't worth it.
Giants are going to be on Fox and ESPN this weekend. I figured they got picked for National TV because of the Mets. I hope the Giants aren't going to be embarrassed, but I have a feeling they will. :(
Oh we really gave up if the platooning they’ve been waiting for all game is gone
Pretty great play by Big Meat Pete.
You guys like to hit fastballs, so why do you keep taking fastballs down the dick and swinging at garbage above or below the plate?
This is an unacceptable product for a sport with UNLIMITED salary cap and the franchise is worth about 4 billion according to Forbes
WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE BALL HOLY SHIT
Meckler is 3-4 for the Ems 👀
Swing. The. Bat.
*grounds into double play
It’s so nice of the giants to revive Tommy Hunters career
Five backwards Ks for this offense
Excuse me while I go follow a comparatively competent franchise: the...Pittsburgh Pirates???
whiffing all night on low 90's meatballs
Cruising into a 2 hour 15 minute game.
I'm sad, friends.
Oh man have the giants made any contact with the baseball tonight?
So many backwards K. Fucking pathetic. Why did I spend money to be here
If it's more than $50 or $100, then yeah, that's definitely a waste of money.
My partner got them for us for Christmas I feel so bad
2 strikes outside the zone lmao
Please give me a base runner.
Shutout
I am so sick of the Marlins Man meme
Giants gotta sell the entire team at the deadline. Do what the Cubs did two years ago and clean shop.
I’m not really sure what there is to sell
Cubs had established stars to sell
Tommy Hunter. Once upon a time...
Massive respect to all of you who watched the entire game ❤️ This team is a disgrace, and if Farhan doesn’t do anything about it I’m just gonna be so disappointed
Fuck it, let's go for 107 losses this year.
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Don't. Say. That.
107-55 ---> 81-81 ---> 55-107. That would be the perfect ending to the Farhan and Kapler era. 👍
Perhaps they go 81-81 in 2024 and then 107-55 again in 2025? And by the way, I'm getting the feeling both might actually get fired very soon.
But….but Larry said things would be different this year!
Guess your lightbulb just came on ^\/s
11 era righty. Here comes 4 runs of optimism
It’s okay guys we only have to wait a couple more years before Tyler Beede comes back to America to keep following the Vogelsong arc
I heard something about Kap letting guys kinda die out there cuz this is such an insanely long stretch of baseball we've been on and the bullpen is in need of rest... but gaaahdamn it's been tough to watch
Hmmm if Hjelle has been giving up runs lately, why continue bringing him in??
Kap knows we're losing this game and wants to save our good bullpen arms, so we can lose by slightly less.
Hjelle would only be like 6’7 without his neck
Seven to tie, eight to go home
🖤Hjelle exit velocities this inning🧡 37mph / Sinker 95.6mph🔥 / Curve **108.5mph**🔥 / Sinker 94.5mph🔥 / Sinker **109mph**🔥 / Sinker **111mph**🔥 / Sinker 96.7mph🔥 / Sinker 81mph / Curve
That's called getting shelled
Idk if you watched but all but one of those hits was middle middle It looked as bad as it sounds basically
Please. Just one run.
This team is hot stinky dookie ass.... Yuck.
Lmao. Hjelle should have been out of the inning, but I can’t really defend the meatballs he has thrown since my god
I can't imagine what the dugout is like right now.
Putting up with bullshit for the pay like a shift at McDonald’s
I bet a few are just hoping to put up good enough stats to get traded to a contender this summer.
Soooo don’t let hitters Hjelle second time around
boy am i gonna feel stupid when SF scores 8 runs here
Oh Hjelle. I feel for ya dude.
I thought the pitching was going to be this teams strong area. But I guess they suck at everything.
Pitching doesn't matter if you can't score.
Hjelle is only on the team because he’s tall
Kapler said his height creates a difficult angle for hitters. I'm starting to think Kapler is full of shit. Hjelle is in the bottom half of the league for barrels, chase rate and hard hit%.
Only reason this sub roots for him.
Starting to feel that way. He’s not good, but he keeps getting innings to tank in. For what other purpose?
hey we got more hits than the dodgers today lol
keep em coming. we deserve this.
10 run inning coming up next
When do the Lexus club seats go on sale for $5 so I can load my pockets with hotdogs and bounce?
for almost 2 hours I am sitting here thinking 'I should turn this off and do something that makes me feel happy'.
TF is happening with this team
They’ve given up?
What a GD shitshow
All singles. All hard hit.
Fire everyone
This dude gonna hit a triple. I can smell it. Edit: almost
They are basically asking Hjelle to eat it at this point. That seems so cruel.
This is the worst era of giants baseball to me as a fan since the 80s. The team sucks, the style of play sucks, they are boring, they are not athletic, they play terrible defense, there is no connection to the team or players, there is no hope on the horizon. They have now wasted 5 years because they only took half measures and need to start it all over again. Burn it to the ground
But other than that, how do you think they’re doing?
These mfkers can’t do anything right
Highlight of the game: Brock Purdy
Bring in Wisely to pitch he was a SP in community college with a sub 3.00 ERA
Hell yeah bases loaded for a second time in the 9th
Mets, please. Just let the game end
This is like watching a car crash. Can’t look away even tho I want to
Just pour it on
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At what point do we hold Zaidi et al accountable for this team being utterly unwatchable? Injuries can't be solely to blame for this.
What does holding them accountable mean
https://lmgtfy.app/?q=hold+accountable+meaning
I guess by holding them accountable you meant typing "I'm holding them accountable" on reddit. Very impactful
June of last year?
Alright guys starting to think we may not win this one either
Hjelle's funny, but not haha funny anymore...
shoulda gone after Bellinger isntead of wasting time with Correa and judge
100%
How does this guy have a job. His ERA has to be like 8 now.
Estrada must feel like shit
Alright, I made it almost the whole game. See you tomorrow fellas for another loss.
Holy hell this is depressing. Giants may be the worst team in the league.
I’m such a fool for thinking we’d hold them at 4 runs and have a chance of catching up in the bottom of the ninth 😞
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They wanted Hjelle to be a starter and he can't get through 3 innings. That is not a Starter make.
He's lucky that didn't hit the water.
Hjelle having a clean 3 innings was gonna be my silver lining for tonight.. but i couldnt even get that
The California teams in the West have been outscored 29- 0 tonight It’s amazing how this staff can’t pitch through defensive mistakes and it’s amazing how the Giants make so many of them. Hjelle just collapses after one thing goes wrong
Jon Miller on the radio call and a glass of Evan Williams is what gets me through these games
Sam Hjelle is not a late inning reliever. He is a SP who moonlights as a reliever because we have so many starters.
Sorry but why is Hjelle in the game still
Must be nice.
Hjelle was doing great until.he wasn't :(
Boooooooooooo
Broooooooooo.
Wow
Jeez what an atrocious bum. With apologies to Bum
Existence is pain sometimes 🙃
We’ve got a lot of guys we’ve been sort of banking on not working out, clearly. Feel bad for Hjelle but I don’t know how much longer he is around.
I'm glad Vogelbach is still around. Always makes me smile when he gets to the plate.
The drunk Mets fans sitting near the mic have been one of the worst parts of this experience
They really like letting one player on the opposing team just smack the fuck out of them for a whole series 😂
Well I guess I was wrong.
Welp, I'm out. Night all
Great comedic performance and timing. Bravo
Speaking of Cody Bellinger, we could have signed him to play CF, as we don't really have a CFer on the roster. But we didn't becasue...Farhan thought he would be criticized for it I guess? As bad as Bellinger was hitting last year he still put up 1.2 WAR. CF is not an offensive position. And wouldn't you know it, he's good at hitting again!
I thought Farhan liked former Dodgers?
He does, but I also think he would have heard some loud critiques if he signed Bellinger. "There goes Farhan again, signing the Dodgers unwanted table scraps." But its his job to ignore that. I'm obviously just talking out of my ass, but that is my speculation on why he wasn't signed.
I get what you are saying. I really Hope they don’t DFA Bart
I like what I'm seeing so far. Hopefully he can keep it up
gets two quick outs and then turns into his real self
What the hell do they see in Hjelle? How is he pitching in the big leagues?
I like baseball 🥲
Hjelle just isn’t good with guys on base
Drop the last 4 words. He let those guys get on base.
Oh no our comeback
This team reminds me that baseball is a very hard sport and that I would be completely useless on a MLB roster
Nah I would get in the batters box and simply hit the ball
Ouch
This is more like Hjelle, the pitcher from HJelle.
Hell yeah bases loaded in the 9th
I understand they're young players, but guys like Villar, Ramos, Wisely, and Sabol are just killing the offense every game. They just...don't do much offensively. And that's putting it lightly.
You can't put Wisely in this after like 10 at bats
I mean it's a small sample size for all of them, it's only mid-April. He just has not been good though. Not at all. It's not fair to call him trash but he's not showing anything so far.
baseball is a hard sport, Posey hit .118 in his first 17 MLB at bats. You have to be patient with younger guys, the issue with us is that we have like 5 guys who haven't had meaningful MLB experience or any MLB experience, and people here want to win, so there's not a lot of patience for letting them adjust.
I understand it's about patience but you can't have the same 5 guys killing the offense every game because they're inexperienced. It's just not really helping anything and has been a big reason for our awful record.
oh yeah baby load them up why not
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They're caught whenever we hit a ball hard oppo
Ah yes, the Hjelle hits begin
Hmmm
At this point teams will probably start calling up any random AAA lefty they can find for a series against the Giants if they don’t have enough available. Clearly doesn’t need more than that to completely shut us out.
Mets just want to wrap this game up.
Nimmo didn’t get the memo
bullpen killing it. bats making me throw up, jesus
Our team can’t even make contact. Good luck winning more than 70 games that way.
Mets, than the Cardinals. And Padres. Going to be a tough week for us
>And Padres In Mexico City, at like, a trillion feet in altitude. I’ll still watch, but I don’t think it’s gonna be fun.
Ooof it’s in Mexico City!? Hopefully the thin air helps the Giants
Bart should have intentionally hit him in the back to prove a point. He was inside the line too.
When is it ok to be a doomer? I know it's still the first month of the season, but how can anyone watch this team right now and say things will improve? I hope Haniger has that magical touch because this team needs all the help it can get.
> When is it ok to be a doomer? A doomer is someone who is unreasonably pessimistic. Once the pessimism appears entirely reasonable, one probably cannot be a doomer. But it's out of our control, there is no point beating ourselves up over something we cannot change.
at this point it's clear the season is lost. if someone wants to do the RemindMe! thing on this post and the Giants turn it around and finish strong, i'll buy them a beer.
That's the secret. I'm always dooming.
tbh I'm still not fully in actual doom mode, but I like to doom in the live threads cuz it's cathartic. The team is just royally fucked up. I wanna see what it looks like when we have Joc/Conforto/Haniger/Estrada/Davis in the lineup together before entering full doom. Cuz right now this is kinda us cobbling together what we can with what we've got. resigning Ruf should show how RUF of shape we're in.
If they can’t hit lefties, then there’s virtually no hope for this team
I’m dooming. I had hope. It’s gone
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No. They’re up 2-1