2016 WORLD SERIES OR BUST: The 2015 San Francisco Giants

matt Cain cannot get out of the fourth inning in any of his starts, may need to shut him down and hope for the best next year/

thank god Mattingly is a terrible coach. considering how bad we've been in the past week, can't believe we are just 2.5 games back.

So yeah our schedule for the next few weeks: Nats, Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs and then Cardinals again.

Yikes.

good, make or break

http://m.mlb.com/sf/video/topic/26516880/v31593825/highlighting-how-great-it-is-to-be-a-lefty

the Nationals might get buried this road trip, your welcome Mets fans.

https://amp.twimg.com/v/6ce1ec7d-06e0-418e-b3df-edc5729af154

wow haha i lol'd at the javier frisbee toss

that was fun.

Matt Duffy is having quite a rookie season:

Season PA H 2B 3B HR R RBI AVG OBP SLG WAR
2015 402 116 21 5 10 50 55 .309 .345 .471 3.4

team is starting to roll and starting to believe.

the Nationals might get buried this road trip, your welcome Mets fans.

Thanks for nothing; Mets fans only call clinching "burying."

wow haha i lol'd at the javier frisbee toss

I squeed at the Boch/Affeldt bit.

Bumgarner's line today: 3-hit shutout, 14 K, 1 walk, 112 pitches, GS of 94. Hit a home run, too.

his fourth HR of the year. they are on a roll but now have to play the Cardinals, i say bring it on.

one good thing abut having to go to work earlier is that i get to see these mid-west games live.

Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

I posited some time ago that Duffy has little chance to win National League Rookie of the Year because he not only had to outplay the Dodgers’ Joc Pederson and the Cubs’ Kris Bryant, he had to outperform their outsized expectations going into the season.

Done.

Duffy should be smack dab in the middle of the conversation. Heck, he should and will get Most Valuable Player votes.

I’m going to remain a little stubborn and say Bryant is still the Rookie of the Year favorite, especially if the Cubs reach the postseason. (Pederson has turned into a one-dimensional hitter who remains a homer threat every time he bats, but a strikeout machine with an average below .220).

However, Duffy is leading NL rookies in several key offensive stats that could resonate with a younger, increasingly diverse writer voting bloc.

Start with OPS+, a way of measuring a hitter’s on-base and slugging averages adjusted to his ballpark. One hundred is league average. Duffy is at 130, Bryant at 125, Pederson and 122 and the Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang at 121.

Duffy leads them all in hitting at .310 , which is seventh in the league. Bryant is at .257, Kang .288. Duffy even has crept within six home runs of Bryant’s 16. Pederson has 22.

If you want old school vs. new school in the same paragraph, Duffy is trailing Bryant in RBIs by seven, but leads him in WAR, 4.1 to 3.7. Kang is at 3.5, Pederson at 2.3.

Duffy has fewer at-bats, thanks to his spot on the bench early in the year, but he should have more than enough by season’s end to dissuade voters from using the difference against him.

Mike Leake is still on the DL so Matt Cain is still in the rotation. sometimes it just doesn't feel like it is going to be your year.

lol, Bochy used Bumgarner as his first pinch hitter off the bench in tonight's game.

yes he did single.

oh yeah he also scored, watching on delay.

i'm back on ILB, bet you all are so happy.

could have won all three games against the Cardinals. they are not at full strength but come to think about it the Giants have a lot of people out as well.

Pence to DL, Aoki activated from concussion list

well i was all happy and now the Giants are losing all these games. i knew it was not going to be easy but they have to at least start splitting series.

nah we good. survive to september is the plan.

still just two games and a half behind the Deaudgeurs.

Eddie Redmayne to play the main role Kelby Tomlinson's biopic imo

Marlon Byrd hits a homer in his first plate appearance for Giants

really? nice i just got home.

needed this win in the worst way. YES, first time to beat the Bucos this year.

pshaw

i knew ILB would be so happy that i'm back.

watching this on DVR. just found out that Bumgarner hit another home run tonight. out of this world.

not happy that the Giants optioned Chris Heston back to Triple-A.

eh i don't see a problem with it, he needs a break.

#stricklanded

I only see that dude in some national games and last year's playoffs but I feel like every time I do he's giving up extrabase hits or dingers. and yet he's only given 3 dingers this season, apparently

kangs teammates arent gesturing like bang a gong are they

for about .00000333 seconds i thought it was out for a three run homer.

breathe

"i took a walk"

Cain = done for the year.

Matt Duffy might be hurt.

NOOOOOOOO

it a start over, nice.

loved that pop double to start the game

what i have been looking for.

Clark Kent

triple, double and double and left a run out there. hope that doesn't come back to haunt them.

blood on the peaves