San Francisco Giants News

Johnny Cueto called it sad. Brandon Belt said nobody expected it to be this way. Bruce Bochy said it can be embarrassing. The Giants are still two weeks shy of the All-Star break, and on Saturday, San Francisco lost its 50th game of the season.

There’s no other explanation for it. After experiencing the highest of highs in three separate seasons as the Giants’ manager, Bruce Bochy is being tested with the lowest of lows. On Sunday, San Francisco was once again blown out, this time by the fourth-place New York Mets, who completed a three-game sweep of Bochy’s ballclub with a dominant 8-2 victory.

If it worked for Klay Thompson, why not Bruce Bochy? More than four months after the Golden State Warriors’ guard penned his signature on a toaster –yes a toaster– the Giants manager figured signing a popular kitchen appliance before Sunday’s game couldn’t hurt San Francisco’s chances of reversing their recent struggles.

The San Francisco Giants have lost 11 of their last 12, and 20 of their last 25, but on Sunday, manager Bruce Bochy was reminded that there’s more to life than just baseball games. Longtime Giants fan Bryan Stow paid Bochy and the club a visit before Sunday’s contest against the Mets, and Bochy was thrilled to see Stow in the dugout and interacting with San Francisco’s players before their series finale.

After Jacob deGrom threw eight innings of one-run ball against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon, it’s easy to see why the Giants miss Madison Bumgarner. At this point, the Giants need another power threat in their lineup, and on Sunday morning, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy delivered good news.

The San Francisco Giants have been shut out in eight different games this season. If not for first baseman Brandon Belt, Sunday could have been the ninth occasion. Though the Giants did push a run across in the ninth inning, it was Belt’s seventh inning solo shot that ended New York Mets’ right-hander Jacob deGrom’s shutout bid and took starter Johnny Cueto off the hook for a loss.

The night before Ryder Jones made his Major League debut against New York Mets’ starter Jacob deGrom, Jones and his roommate, Giants prospect Christian Arroyo, popped in “MLB: The Show” on their PlayStation to see what the new third baseman would contend with upon arriving at AT&T Park. According to Jones, he singled and popped out against the former National League Rookie of the Year late on Friday night, and it turns out, that’s almost as much damage than the Giants were able to do against deGrom in person.

Ryder Jones will make his Major League debut on Saturday afternoon, but when he steps into the batter’s box for the first time, he’ll see a familiar face. Even though Mets’ right-hander Jacob deGrom was busy winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award when Jones was spending his first full professional season in the Giants’ organization, Jones said he’s seen deGrom before.

If you can play, you can stay. After losing 10 of their last 11 games, the Giants have seen enough, and the youth movement is officially on. On Saturday morning, the Giants elected to call up prospect Ryder Jones from AAA Sacramento to bring a power bat to a lineup in desperate search of pop.

The Giants’ 2017 season has been borderline unwatchable. But for a team that’s been as dull as a PBS fundraising telethon, Ty Blach’s starts have come complete with the drama of a daytime soap opera. Sure, Blach isn’t ready for primetime just yet, but when he’s on the mound, it’s harder to pick up the remote.