Podcast appearances and mentions of logan webb

They're not done yet. The San Francisco Giants needed to get hot in a hurry after a miserable start to the second half, and to they're credit they've been able to do it. The Giants won their fourth straight last night behind a gritty Alex Cobb, and improved to 7-2 since they were swept at home in a four-game series by the Dodgers. This is a soft pocket in the schedule, and it was clear that the SF Giants needed to take advantage. Fortunately, they've been able to do so over their last nine games. Now the challenge will be to keep it going. It helps to have excellent starting pitching, and the Giants have quietly had that this year. It's been lost in the shuffle thanks to bad defense and a struggling bullpen dominating the conversation. But Cobb, Logan Webb, Carlos Rodón, Alex Wood, and Jakob Junis have been among the game's best. Cobb was supremely unlucky to start the year, but those sparking peripherals that were discussed ad nauseum early in the season have proved to be more predictive of his future ERA. Cobb has an ERA under 3.00 since late May, which the peripherals predicted. Joey Bart continues to thrive since being called up from the Minors in early July. He has a 144 wRC+ since then, and importantly has only struck out about 31% of the time. That's still pretty high, but nowhere near the 45% rate he posted before being optioned to Sacramento. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Thairo! The San Francsico Giants' unsung infielder delivered a walk-off home run on Sunday, securing a much-needed three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Estrada has emerged as an important player on the Giants this season, and this wasn't the first time he hit a late-inning bomb that helped the Giants win a game. Down by a run with one out in the ninth, Estrada turned on the first pitch he saw and socked it high and deep into left-center field. Estrada has been above-average in pretty much all aspects of the game this season, which is great to see considering his age and multiple years of team control remaining. Co-aces Logan Webb and Carlos Rodón helped the SF Giants win the first two games against Pittsburgh. Even with the win, however, the Giants still have a tough road ahead. Their record is just 57-57, and they are six games out of a playoff spot. But they have nine straight games remaining against below-.500 teams, and will need to continue to take advantage. The D-backs come into town next for a four-game series, and they've been a tough matchup for the Giants this season. Madison Bumgarner will be on the mound opposing Alex Cobb tonight. It remains to be seen how many wins the Giants will need in order to sneak into the playoffs (probably around 88-90), but in order to get in the Giants will simply have to play good baseball for the rest of the season. Joey Bart returned after a few days off with an ankle sprain. He continues to be a bright spot this season, as he has been on a roll since being recalled after an early-season demotion to the minors. Joc Pederson took a pitch off the pinky on Sunday but thankfully X-rays came back negative. Thomas Szapucki was recalled from the minors and replaced Yunior Marte on the active roster. The Giants still have only 12 pitchers, and may make a move for another arm soon. Luis González appears to be a candidate to be optioned if that's the case. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

The San Francisco Giants need to get hot in a hurry. They have a golden opportunity coming up, with the Giants' next 12 games against teams that are under .500. It all starts tonight with the Pittsburgh Pirates coming into town. Do the Giants need to sweep? Maybe. But winning two out of three is basically a necessity for the SF Giants, who enter play 7.5 games out of a playoff spot. It's been a disappointing season for the Giants. After winning 107 games in 2021, this year has been a struggle. Their offense has generally been fine and their starting pitching is actually pretty good, but defense and bullpen issues have plagued the Giants all season long. They lost seven straight coming out of the All-Star break, which certainly didn't help. They don't seemingly have the talent to match up against the Dodgers or the new-look Padres. Locked On Giants and Locked On Pirates discuss the state of these two teams, and what the Giants must do to take advantage of the schedule and get back in the race. A critical stretch of games for the SF Giants begins tonight, and the Giants have the pitching matchups in their favor. If a sweep is necessary, this series does set up well for the Giants to be able to do that, with Carlos Rodón and Logan Webb starting the first two games of the series. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

The Dodgers took care of the Giants behind a strong offensive effort against Logan Webb. James Outman continues to do things that haven't been done in a long time and the rest of the offense came up clutch. Beyond the game, the Dodgers were linked to Pablo Lopez and Ian Happ, and continue to be linked as one of the finalists for Juan Soto. The trade deadline is on Tuesday so tomorrow's episode will break down any deals! Locked On Dodgers, the daily podcast about the Los Angeles Dodgers with hosts Jeff Snider and Vince Samperio, is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Be sure to subscribe to Locked On Dodgers in the Audacy podcast app or wherever you get your podcasts, and come back every weekday morning and spend your morning commute with two of the biggest Dodger fans you'll ever meet. Thanks for making Locked On Dodgers your first listen every day, and please tell your friends! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Blue Nile Make your moment sparkle with jewelry from Bluenile.com. And, going on now is the Blue Nile Anniversary Sale … Save up to forty percent on classic fine jewelry pieces and twenty-five percent on engagement ring settings. Shop stress free and find your forever piece. Go to BlueNile.com today. LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Did you know every week, nearly 40 million job seekers visit LinkedIn? Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONMLB. Vroom With Vroom, you can buy a car entirely online, and have it delivered straight to you, so you never have to go to a dealership again. So, next time you need to buy a car, just grab your phone, go to Vroom.com and check out thousands of great cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The boys talk about Will Clark's #22 retirement ceremony, the Giants' recent skid, Chad's interview with Logan Webb, who's game to be acquired or traded away by tomorrow, and should the Giants buy or sell or do nothing? We also take a look at the Dodgers series and the final 60 games of the season. www.torturecast.com@torturecastfacebook.com/torturecastGet 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code TORTURECAST at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod

Chad interviewed Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb in the Giants clubhouse prior Will Clark's number retirement ceremony. Logan revealed his favorite players growing up, and the wisdom he gained from conversations with legends Will Clark, Barry Bonds, and Buster Posey. Logan also discusses what it will take for the team to turn it around to get into the playoffs.Be sure to catch us live for our next podcast on Monday, August 1!@torturecastwww.torturecast.comwww.facebook.com/torturecast

San Francisco Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks MLB Pick Prediction 7/27/2022 by Tony T. Giants at Diamondbacks—Logan Webb to start for San Francisco. Webb started twenty games carrying an ERA of 2.77 and WHIP 1.12. The righthander is striking out 20.7% with 6.4% walks. Ground balls check in at 56.7% with 0.58 home runs per nine innings. Zac Gallen to start for Arizona.

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper discuss the Giants' disappointing series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers, what Carlos Rodón's trade value could be and if San Francisco should make a play for Juan Soto. Plus, tune in to the first installment of "Homegrown," a Logan Webb feature.(1:51) Giants swept by Dodgers in LA (6:59) Should the Giants have pinch-hit for Belt?(11:30) Longoria headed to IL (17:31) Could the Giants trade Rodón? (23:48) Is the Nationals' asking price for Soto too much? (33:42) Part one of “Homegrown” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

San Francisco Giants vs. LA Dodgers MLB Pick Prediction 7/22/2022 by Tony T. Giants at Dodgers—Logan Webb the starter for San Francisco. Webb in nineteen starts has an ERA of 2.83 with WHIP 1.10. The righthander is striking out 21.4% with 5.9% walks. Ground ball rate of 57% with limited home run damage. Tyler Anderson to start for LAD.

What would it realistically take for the San Francisco Giants to trade for Juan Soto? Every team is wondering that right about now, as the Washington Nationals have reportedly made Soto available following a failed attempt to extend him. Soto recently turned down a 15-year, $440 million dollar offer to stay in Washington. From the SF Giants' perspective, it's hard to see a deal working out unless the Nationals are willing to include bad money to lessen the players-involved cost. If the Nats are only dealing Soto (not including any money from underwater deals to Patrick Corbin/Stephen Strasburg), the Giants do not seem likely to put together the best package. San Francisco could offer the Nats their choice of any six prospects, and it would still seem that the Giants would fall short. Other teams like the Dodgers and Padres could include MLB talent with control like Gavin Lux and Dustin May for LA and MacKenzie Gore and CJ Abrams for San Diego. The Giants don't have players like that outside of Logan Webb, and that doesn't really make sense for SF or the Nationals for a number of reasons discussed on the show. However, the Giants have money to spend and flexibility, so taking on money from Corbin/Strasburg is their best shot. But Washington won't want to part with Soto for salary relief alone, so it would have to be a balance of cash and talent. Aaron Judge's impending free agency is also discussed. Judge grew up a Giants fan and would seemingly be open to signing with them. The one problem is that Judge will be entering his age-31 season. He turned down a 7-year, $215M offer before the season, and it's hard to see the Giants giving him a significantly larger deal that would lock him up into his late 30s. Relatedly, Carlos Rodón's likely impending free agency is also discussed. Long-term deals for pitchers are risky, and it seems likely that Rodón will not be back next year. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

It was certainly an uneven first half for the San Francisco Giants, yet they find themselves just half a game out of a playoff spot with the second half set to begin on Thursday in Los Angeles. The Giants are 12.5 games back in the NL West. The Giants' position players don't really jump off the page, but they've been a solid unit nonetheless. Their team wRC+ of 107 is 10th in MLB and the Giants' baserunning has been a net positive, but defense that has been among the worst in baseball has their overall production more or less league average. If they could improve their defense to go along with a solidly above average offense, they could get back to being one of the upper-third offensive units in baseball. Wilmer Flores, Austin Slater, Thairo Estrada, Mike Yastrzemski, and Joc Pederson all were among the Giants' best contributors. Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, Evan Longoria, and Tommy La Stella, for various reasons (injury and underperformance) were differing degrees of disappointing in the first half. As were Darin Ruf and LaMonte Wade Jr. Starting pitching, as expected, has been the Giants' greatest strength. Logan Webb and Carlos Rodón form a dynamic duo at the top. Alex Wood and Alex Cobb have excellent peripherals but seem to have been hurt by the defense. Jakob Junis was a bright spot before getting injured and should re-join the rotation in the second half. Anthony DeSclafani had a disastrous second year for the Giants, as he was totally ineffective and ultimately succumbed to season-ending ankle surgery. The bullpen has taken a big step back, but Camilo Doval, John Brebbia, and Dom Leone were bright spots. Tyler Rogers was also hurt by the SF Giants' poor first-half defense. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Francisco Giants MLB Pick Prediction 7/17/2022 by Tony T. Brewers at Giants—Aaron Ashby to start for Milwaukee. Ashby in seventeen appearances an ERA of 4.37 and WHIP 1.47. The lefty a strikeout mark of 26.7% with 10.6% walks. Ground balls dished at 57.6% with 1.19 home runs per nine innings. . Logan Webb to start for San Francisco.

Coming off of his first career save in the big leagues, hear about how close Sam Long was to leaving baseball, his friendship with Logan Webb and what it was like growing up a Giants fan watching Barry Bonds and playing in the Coke bottle slide at Oracle Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the second time in two days, the San Francisco Giants' right-handed-heavy lineup, the one that faces left-handed starters, led the Giants to a double-digit win. On Sunday, they beat MacKenzie Gore and the Padres 12-0. Yesterday, they lit up Dallas Keuchel and the D-backs by the final score of 13-0. Austin Slater, Yermín Mercedes, Joey Bart, and Thairo Estrada led the way as the SF Giants crushed four home runs in the victory. Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi met with the media prior to Tuesday's win. He discussed the team's disappointing first half of the season, and he talked about the upcoming trade deadline. Zaidi said that he thinks the starting pitching is in a good spot, and it's hard to argue against that with Carlos Rodón and Logan Webb leading the group. Alex Wood and Alex Cobb have peripherals that suggest better results are coming, and Jakob Junis will re-enter the rotation after the All-Star break. Brandon Crawford's supremely disappointing double play the night prior is discussed. Should he have been swinging in a 2-0 count with the bases loaded and the tying run on third (hint: yes). Also discussed is the SF Giants designating Jake McGee for assignment over the weekend. McGee was a crucial part of last year's bullpen, which led the majors in ERA, but the results just weren't there this year. McGee was owed close to $2 million, so this move suggests the Giants are willing to eat a salary if the performance is poor enough. Luis González's return from the IL is also discussed. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Hour 1: Bonta and Shasky kick off the show talking the Giants 13-0 win over the Diamondbacks. Plus we debut a segment called "Box Score Bonta."

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Carlos Rodón was a major All-Star snub, and the San Francisco Giants have been a major disappointment so far in 2022. There's something seriously wrong with the All-Star process if a player of Rodón's caliber doesn't make the team, while some decent reliever does just because his team needs an All-Star representative. Logan Webb is also somewhat of a snub; should All-Star rosters simply be bigger? Rodón's snub is not the only think irking SF Giants fans right now. The team has been in a bit of a tailspin as of late, and overall they're just one game over .500 more than halfway through the season. Veterans like Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt haven't been able to rekindle the magic they had in 2021. The Giants' defense has been atrocious, and it has seriously cost them all year long and led to worse-than-expected results for pitchers like Alex Cobb, Alex Wood, Tyler Rogers, and many others. The Giants didn't add payroll coming off a 107-win season, and it's fair to criticize them for that, particularly given how this season has gone. Buster Posey retired, and they essentially spent the money they would've spent on his 2022 club option on Rodón, who has been excellent, but they didn't really add to their team. They brought back many players who were part of last year's historic season, but they probably should have done more. There were many star position players available to sign, and the Giants only signed Joc Pederson, who has admittedly been a very strong addition. So: will the SF Giants be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline, which is now just three weeks away? It all depends on how they play over these next three weeks, which makes every game very interesting right now. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

We talk about the absolute thud of a sound that the Giants made over the last two weeks. They have completely fallen out of the NL West race and now are on the outside looking in at the wild card race. What happened? Can they fix it? How did 107 happen last year? We also discuss the Giants All-Star selections of Joc Pederson and Carlos Rodon, and will the Giants be sellers at the trade deadline? Plus, what we think the chance are that the Giants sign Aaron Judge this offseason. This and more!www.torturecast.com@torturecastfacebook.com/torturecast

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper discuss how Giants pitcher Carlos Rodón got snubbed from the All-Star roster, whether Clayton Kershaw should actually start the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and why every Giants fan should make their way to Petco Park for a Friday night game. (1:09) Why Rodón's exclusion from the 2022 MLB All-Star Game was "egregious" (6:18) How will Dodgers fans respond to Pederson's inclusion in 2022 MLB All-Star Game (8:14) Should Kershaw start on the mound for the NL in the 2022 MLB All-Star Game? (16:50) What to make of Giants-Padres split series (27:41) Why Friday nights at Petco Park are a “must-do” for Giants' fans (33:30) Expectations for Giants against Diamondbacks, BrewersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Carlos Rodón has been one of the best pitchers in all of baseball this year. He leads the league in fWAR and FIP and is second in strikeout rate. He put the San Francisco Giants on his back when they absolutely needed it, firing a complete game against the rival Padres on Saturday when a loss would've put the Giants below .500 for the first time all year. Yet somehow, Rodón was not named to the NL All-Star team. It's one of the bigger snubs in recent memory. Rodón absolutely deserves to be there, much more than Joc Pederson actually, but the politics of making sure each team is represented got in his way. It should make Giants fans and baseball fans at large wonder whether All-Star rosters are too small. Either that, or we need to stop making sure each team is represented. How is it good for baseball that Joe Mantiply is an All-Star and Rodón is not? D-backs fans might be happy about that, but that doesn't mean it's right. Clayton Kershaw should be an All-Star, but he hasn't been better than Rodón since he's pitched far fewer innings. Regardless of the All-Star talk, Rodón's complete game was much needed by the Giants. He put the team on his back, and then they carried that momentum into Sunday with a resounding 12-0 win behind an excellent start from Alex Wood. The SF Giants' starting pitching could carry this team in the second half. Logan Webb also deserves to be an All-Star, though his case is more borderline. Wood and Alex Cobb have excellenet peripheral numbers which suggest that they should have better results than they've had to date. Wood showed why on Sunday. The offense also exploded, with Wilmer Flores hitting two homers and several other Giants having good showings at the plate. Hopefully the Giants can carry this into their upcoming series with Arizona and Milwaukee before the All-Star break. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Carlos Rodon and Logan Webb turned in two of their best starts of the year against the Padres, yet that was not enough to get them into the All-Star Game. While the case can be made against Webb, the case against Rodon is much harder to make. Later, no one needed a good weekend better than Gabe Kapler. Willard and Shaksy discuss the fun way he helped the Giants break out of their slump. And finally, the Jake McGee era came to an unceremonious end, and the Padres City Connect Jersey are not all that bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can you believe we've done 100 episodes of this podcast? Oh sure, the network has expanded at times to include Sami's wonderful Happy Hour, our unnamed prospect podcast with Roger (RIP to both), but the pure, rambling Chroncast celebrates it's 100th episode by celebrating the trio of Giants' All-Stars recognized this past week by the industry: Joc Pederson, David Villar, and Kyle Harrison. Whither Carlos Rodón and Logan Webb? Well, that's a whole other issue. Our listener questions this week wonder if the Giants might try to take on salary to get talent or if they'll simply be sellers at the trade deadline, why is Larry Baer still unemployed by the Giants, and what kind of YouTube ads do you think Gabe Kapler sees before he watches a video. You can always submit your questions in the comments below and to our Twitter account: @McChroncast. ] And we can't thank you enough for listening to our show. Although Bryan would probably talk to his own reflection, it has truly been a lot of fun talking about the Giants over the years and having so many people listen along. If you like our show, give us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts or like/thumbs up us anywhere you listen to podcasts. Here's the xml link to our feed. You can check out the show page right here. We're also on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify. Our intro/outro music is by Lesfm. You can find all new episodes and our archive on all feeds and listen to everything in the embedded show player down below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bonta and Shasky discuss whether Logan Webb or Carlos Rodon were "snubbed" from the All Star game.

Mike Krukow makes the case for Logan Webb and Carlos Rodon to join the All Star team with Murph and Mac. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Krukow makes the case for Logan Webb and Carlos Rodon to join the All Star team with Murph and Mac. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thompson 2 Clark is back with a special weekend edition of the show. Ash Day joins Brad and GG to talk about Joc Pederson's All Star start, who else might make the team, a look at Logan Webb and Camilo Doval, and if the Giants end up being sellers at the trade deadline. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thompson2Clark and https://twitter.com/bspnshows Like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bspnfbpage Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1119989601710400 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bspnshows/ Subscribe to our YouTube page: youtube.com/channel/UCtZcOujFqlbmo2bA0MriRhA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first half of the season for the San Francsico Giants was pretty ugly. The Giants are 41-40, but that doesn't quite tell the whole story. They began the season 13-5, so they are 28-35 ever since. They've lost seven of their last eight games as well, including a walk-off loss in extras last night. Overall, their position players just haven't been good enough. Austin Slater and Joc Pederson have been good in platoon roles, and Luis González was a real bright spot when he was here and healthy, but veterans like Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, Tommy La Stella, and many others just haven't done enough to help the team. Overall, the defense has been the worst in baseball while their team wRC+ is slightly above average. However, the SF Giants rank 20th in overall WAR by their non-pitchers. Not good enough. The starting pitching has been the strength of this team, though it isn't always apparent. Carlos Rodón has been by far the Giants' best player, followed by Logan Webb. Those two have been more valuable than any Giants position player by a wide margin. Alex Cobb and Alex Wood have deserved better fates but the defense and some bad luck has let them down. The bullpen has taken a big step back, but some have seemingly been very unlucky as well, like Tyler Rogers. Camilo Doval has been inconsistent. Dom Leone and John Brebbia had strong first halves. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Mike Krukow breaks down Logan Webb's pitching approach with Murph and Mac. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bonta and Steven discuss Logan Webb's pitching performance in a 2-1 walk off loss to the San Diego Padres. 

Mike Krukow breaks down Logan Webb's pitching approach with Murph and Mac. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres MLB Pick Prediction 7/7/2022 by Tony T. Giants at Padres—Logan Webb the starter for San Francisco. Webb in sixteen appearances posts an ERA of 3.13 with WHIP 1.13. The righthander records 21.7% strikeouts with 5.8% walks. Ground Balls sit at 56.9% with limited home runs damage. Joe Musgrove the starter for San Diego. Musgrove has fourteen starts with an ERA of 2.25 and WHIP 0.95. The veteran is striking out 25.6% with 5.3% walks.

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) divide the first half of the season into "quarters" and look at pitchers who have improved their strikeout minus walk rate as well as barrel rate gainers to identify players with underlying skill gains. Get 10% off your first month of therapy on us! - BetterHelp.com/pitcherlist :55 Kyle Schwarber's Killing Van 2:55 “Quarterly Splits” 5:20 Our Riser Spreadsheet List 10:40 Charlie Morton Again! 15:50 Logan Webb & Tony Gonsolin 22:52 Taijuan Walker 27:18 Shane Bieber, Sandy Alcantara & Yu Darvish 36:26 Hope for Jose Berrios Struggles? 42:45 Ian Anderson's Control Slide 46:40 Kyle Hendricks Post-IL Stream Target 48:48 Yusei Kikuchi, Aaron Ashby, Hunter Greene, Jose Quintana 55:19 The Down Arrow: Eric Lauer, Kyle Wright & More 1:01:00 Barrel Risers 1:02:00 Adam Duvall 1:05:30 Jesse Winker 1:09:32 Nathaniel Lowe 1:12:52 Francisco Lindor Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Audacy | RSS Eno Sarris on Barrel Rate Gainers Connect: Twitter | WinsAboveFantasy@gmail.com | Join PL+ Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS WON A BASEBALL GAME! It shouldn't be this hard to win against a sub-.500 team, but the SF Giants will absolutely take the win. The Giants fell behind 4-0 early, but Joey Bart, Austin Slater, and Darin Ruf helped mount a comeback win that got a little too interesting in the 9th inning with Camilo Doval on the mound. The Giants, who have been in free fall for a couple of weeks, desperately needed this win. With a loss, they would've fallen back to .500 for the first time since they were 1-1. Ruf's pinch-hit home run in the eighth tied the game, and astonishingly, it was the Giants' first pinch hit homer of the season. Last year, they set a major league record with 18 pinch hit home runs. Slater had a big bunt hit ahead of Ruf and a huge bases-loaded double down the right field line in the 9th inning. The Giants looked like they might actually win easily, but Doval made things interesting. He allowed three walks and a single before being replaced by Sam Long, who struck out Jordan Luplow on three pitches. Despite this horrid stretch, the Giants are 41-39 and just one game out of the NL's final playoff spot. They have a big opportunity in their upcoming four-game series against the Padres, who are also struggling right now. Carlos Rodón and Logan Webb will pitch in the series, and those guys have been as good as any duo in the National League so far in 2022. But the defense (Tommy La Stella and David Villar made mistakes in last night's win) will have to be better if the SF Giants want to have any success in 2022, and the bullpen will also have to step up. The trade deadline is less than a month away, and it remains to be seen whether the Giants will add, subtract, or both. They clearly have needs. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) divide the first half of the season into "quarters" and look at pitchers who have improved their strikeout minus walk rate as well as barrel rate gainers to identify players with underlying skill gains. Get 10% off your first month of therapy on us! - BetterHelp.com/pitcherlist :55 Kyle Schwarber's Killing Van 2:55 “Quarterly Splits” 5:20 Our Riser Spreadsheet List 10:40 Charlie Morton Again! 15:50 Logan Webb & Tony Gonsolin 22:52 Taijuan Walker 27:18 Shane Bieber, Sandy Alcantara & Yu Darvish 36:26 Hope for Jose Berrios Struggles? 42:45 Ian Anderson's Control Slide 46:40 Kyle Hendricks Post-IL Stream Target 48:48 Yusei Kikuchi, Aaron Ashby, Hunter Greene, Jose Quintana 55:19 The Down Arrow: Eric Lauer, Kyle Wright & More 1:01:00 Barrel Risers 1:02:00 Adam Duvall 1:05:30 Jesse Winker 1:09:32 Nathaniel Lowe 1:12:52 Francisco Lindor Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Audacy | RSS Eno Sarris on Barrel Rate Gainers Connect: Twitter | WinsAboveFantasy@gmail.com | Join PL+ Get PL+ and join our community!: https://www.pitcherlist.com/plus

Greg Ehrenberg's best MLB bets, MLB predictions and MLB picks today Saturday 7/2.

Greg Ehrenberg's best MLB bets, MLB predictions and MLB picks today Saturday 7/2.

Greg Ehrenberg's best MLB bets, MLB predictions and MLB picks today Saturday 7/2.

The San Francisco Giants, surprisingly, had the NL's second-best team ERA in the month of June. Yet they only managed a 13-13 record, their second straight month of mediocre baseball. The Giants are currently on the outside looking in of the NL Wild Card picture, but they trail the final spot by just a single game. The Giants' June overall is evaluated. Carlos Rodón righted the ship in a major way, establishing himself as a legitimate Cy Young candidate. He was easily the Giants' best player this month. Not far behind him was Logan Webb, who has also had an excellent season. The bullpen was also good, led by Camilo Doval and John Brebbia. Alex Wood and Anthony DeSclafani really struggled in June, although DeSclafani only pitched 5.2 innings (but his ERA was near 20.00). It was the position players who were costly. Evan Longoria and Joc Pederson had strong months, but otherwise there wasn't much to write home about. Mike Yastrzemski cooled off in a major way, and Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford continued to be essentially non-factors. LaMonte Wade Jr. played in just one game in June, but thankfully he is now back. Donovan Walton has played a lot and been a net negative. Jason Vosler's somewhat surprising demotion is discussed as well. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

Carlos Rodón could very well win the Cy Young Award, and then find himself pitching for a new team in 2023. Rodón has been excellent for the San Francisco Giants so far in 2022, but he's getting closer to triggering his right to opt out of his 2023 contract with the Giants, which is for one year and $22.5 million. If Rodón keeps pitching like he has all year, opting out would be a no-brainer, considering he could do much better than 1/$22.5M on the open market. The SF Giants have shown that they generally don't want to sign pitchers to long-term deals, which makes it seem likely that Rodón won't be back in San Francisco in 2023, unless he's willing to accept a shorter-term deal for a high average annual value. The Giants' payroll will remain fluid going into the offseason. If Rodón opts out, they'll have roughly $70 million committed to the 2023 team, a huge fall from their roughly $165M payroll this year. That means lots of room to spend in creative ways. Their rotation looks pretty set with Logan Webb, Alex Wood, Alex Cobb, Jakob Junis, and Anthony DeSclafani signed through at least next year. The Giants could add one top starting pitcher and essentially call it a day. There should be a lot of good ones available, and many should require shorter-term deals than Rodón is likely to command. Last night's tense win is discussed. Rodón was excellent again, Mike Yastrzemski was a star on defense (and he had a clutch two-out, two-strike, two-run single), and Camilo Doval saved the day with a huge pitching performance. Prior to Wednesday's game, LaMonte Wade Jr. was activated off the injured list and inserted into the top of the Giants' lineup. It remains to be seen how the Giants will fit Luis González back onto the squad once he's ready to return from his back injury. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

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The Braves take Game 1 from the Giants in an exceptional matchup of starting pitchers, as Max Fried out-dueled Logan Webb and Orlando Arcia walked us off. The defending champs will look to secure the series split tonight behind mustachioed maven Spencer Strider, as he looks to build on the best start of his career last time out against the Washington Nationals. Oh, and 21 year old wunderkind Michael Harris II had yet another 3 hit night for the Braves. It's good to be a Braves fan, folks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are the San Francisco Giants un-clutch? It sure feels that way sometimes, and their woes continued last night as they only got one total run out of a bases loaded, no out situation in the 8th and a second and third, one out situation in the 9th. Their numbers with the bases loaded and no outs are abysmal, but it's a tiny sample of just 14 plate appearances. With the bases loaded and one out, their numbers are excellent. Tommy La Stella popped out in the former situation, and Austin Slater got a hit in the latter. However, Slater's ball was hit so hard that it only scored one run. Wilmer Flores then came up in that same bases loaded, one out scenario and he chased a pitch in the dirt for strike three that would have been ball four and the lead. The league average rate of scoring a runner from third with less than two outs is 52.2%. The SF Giants come in at a below average rate of 49.7%, but it's not too far off the league mark, and several good teams, including the Astros, Braves, and Dodgers are beneath the San Francisco Giants. Logan Webb was great in this game, but the Giants' offense wasn't able to pick him up. Still, the Giants are on a 91-win pace and will have a chance at redemption this evening. Anthony DeSclafani is set to be activated off the 60-day injured list, which will require a corresponding 40-man move (in addition to a 26-man move to add him to the active roster). Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

The Braves take Game 1 from the Giants in an exceptional matchup of starting pitchers, as Max Fried out-dueled Logan Webb and Orlando Arcia walked us off. The defending champs will look to secure the series split tonight behind mustachioed maven Spencer Strider, as he looks to build on the best start of his career last time out against the Washington Nationals. Oh, and 21 year old wunderkind Michael Harris II had yet another 3 hit night for the Braves. It's good to be a Braves fan, folks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The San Francisco Giants weren't able to finish off another sweep, but it's hard to complain too much about a 6-3 homestand. Almost surprisingly, the Giants' offense did quite poorly overall on the homestand. Thankfully, their pitching and defense was much better much of the time, but we still saw some bad defense at times and it burned them on Wednesday. Mike Yastrzemski was passive on a catchable ball in the first inning, that ultimately fell in for a double and put Sam Long in a tough position. He really should have escaped the jam, but Brandon Crawford booted a ground ball that would have ended the inning. It took a bad hop and clanked off his glove, which allowed two runs to score. That was too much for a struggling SF Giants offense to overcome. It wasn't a great look for the Giants on Wednesday, to be sure. The night before, Luis González was a hero with a 97.4 mph throw from right field to nail a runner. Austin Wynns made a magnificent play on the scoop and tag as well. Logan Webb, pitching into the seventh inning, sure was appreciative of the effort. Deep dive on the merit of catcher fielding percentage is also discussed, as well as a couple of common (and bad) camera angles we are subjected to on an all-too-frequent basis. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

It doesn't get much uglier than that. The SF Giants just played one of the worst defensive innings you'll ever see. Their four errors in the game don't even begin to tell the whole story. It derailed a cruising Logan Webb and led to the Giants losing a series at home against an inferior Rockies team. Defense has been a problem all season long. They really shouldn't be this bad, as many of the players contributing to the problem should at least be passable defenders. But what can go wrong has gone wrong defensively. Thairo Estrada, Donovan Walton, Austin Slater, Mike Yastrzemski, and Darin Ruf contributed to the mess on Thursday. The day prior was much better, as Luis González continued to do his thing as he delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th. He has played well enough to stick in the majors, but the options game could come into play again with Brandon Belt and LaMonte Wade Jr. getting close to returning. Tommy La Stella could be placed on the IL since he hasn't been able to play in the field (and he hasn't been contributing much with the bat) and Walton could be optioned, but González's option also looms large. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

6-10 Mike Krukow tells Murph and Mac why he was encouraged by Logan Webb's outing against the Rockies despite the Giants horrendous defense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6-10 Mike Krukow tells Murph and Mac why he was encouraged by Logan Webb's outing against the Rockies despite the Giants horrendous defense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2022 season has been so-so from the San Francisco Giants' perspective through a little over 50 games. Joey Bart struggled so much that he was optioned yesterday. The team has had a tough time going on a sustained run of playing well. But all the while, they've maintained an above-.500 record and have been in playoff position pretty much all year. Locked On Giants and Locked On MLB discuss the state of the SF Giants. Looking at the Giants on a micro level might have some fans frustrated, but the macro perspective is that they're still playing okay despite not nearly living up to their own standards yet. Some serious regression was to be expected after a 107-win season, and we've seen that so far this year. Despite many areas in which the Giants have struggled, there are multiple bright spots as well. Luis González continues to look like a legit major leaguer who could be a contributor on the Giants for many years. Mike Yastrzemski has come back into his All-Star form. Carlos Rodón, while inconsistent, has been a strong presence in the starting rotation. Logan Webb has shown flashes of being the front-of-the-rotation arm he was in 2021. Find and follow Locked On Giants on your favorite podcast platforms:

6-9 Shawn Estes tells Murph and Mac why he thinks Logan Webb will get back on track today against the Rockies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back in December, just a couple of days before his wedding, San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb and his family endured a devastating tragedy. Today, The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly joins us to talk about how it upended the life of the Webb family, and what they are doing now to try to fight a growing epidemic. Read Andrew Baggarly's full story about the Webb family: https://theathletic.com/3326815/2022/05/24/logan-webb-giants-cousin/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.