On today's Locked On Giants podcast, host Ben Kaspick talks about the San Francisco Giants' 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday in Houston, and discusses the team's performance to date as we reach the shortened season's 1/3 mark. Trevor Cahill made his Giants debut and his stuff was good, but he struggled with command in the second inning in which he walked three and threw a lot of pitches. It became a bullpen game, and Dereck Rodriguez made his season debut and pitched decently as well. His velocity was up from where it's been the last couple of years, but he still sat in the low-90s, which is only average. Lefty Caleb Baragar allowed four consecutive singles in the fourth inning, including a three-run home run by Martin Maldonado. Baragar's numbers on the season have been awful, and really the bullpen as a whole has been awful.
Ben discusses all aspects of the Giants on today's show. Mike Yastrzemski, Donovan Solano, and Austin Slater have been huge bright spots, and several players like Wilmer Flores, Alex Dickerson, Darin Ruf, Chadwick Tromp, and Tyler Heineman have been decent, but the Giants have gotten poor production out of several younger players and multiple veterans. Mauricio Dubón, Jaylin Davis, Joe McCarthy, and Steven Duggar have done little to nothing. Veterans Evan Longoria, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Pablo Sandoval, and Hunter Pence have been well below replacement level on the whole. At some point, the Giants will need to move on from their struggling veterans. Longoria's defense has been an asset, but Crawford's has continued to deteriorate as he moves late into his career. Crawford does not have an extra-base hit this season. The starting pitching has been decent. Johnny Cueto, Kevin Gausman, Logan Webb, Drew Smyly, and Trevor Cahill could form a solid starting five. Jeff Samardzija is dealing with a shoulder injury and is results were terrible when he pitched this year.
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