{"id":5247,"date":"2026-06-07T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:20:55","slug":"sf-giants-prove-yet-again-that-this-season-is-already-a-complete-lost-cause-the-brutal-reality-fans-are-forced-to-face-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/figure>\n
\n
\"May<\/picture><\/div>\n
May 19, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello looks on against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the seventh inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images | Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/div>\n

One would love to say they were surprised, but they\u2019d probably be lying. Any SF Giants fan who has followed the team closely this season knew there was a pretty decent chance the bullpen would blow Saturday\u2019s game against the Chicago Cubs and blow it they did.<\/p>\n

They almost had us fooled for a second, though. Manager Tony Vitello went with his three best arms in the bullpen, Caleb Kilian, Erik Miller, and Keaton Winn, to try to secure the victory. They got oh so close, but from my seat up in the nosebleeds of section 425 when I saw Pete Crow-Armstrong was due up in the bottom of the ninth I knew it was going to perilous.<\/p>\n

The Giants needed just one more out but Winn, who has been San Francisco\u2019s best reliever this season, grooved the first pitch right down the middle and Crow-Armstrong ripped over the right field wall for a homer to tie the game. It\u2019s easy to second guess, but that\u2019s an at-bat where you just have to attack the corners.<\/p>\n

Obviously you don\u2019t want to walk a guy with speed who represents the tying run and bring the winning run to the plate, but Crow-Armstrong was hot and already had a homer on the day. They shouldn\u2019t have given him anything good there and if they get him out, great, but if not they live to see another batter that would have been a better matchup for Winn.<\/p>\n

Instead, it went to extra innings and, predictably, the Giants were unable to score the automatic runner in the top of the tenth and Chicago walked it off in the bottom half of the inning.<\/p>\n

Giants’ bullpen struggles are no shock after lack of offseason investment<\/h2>\n

This is nothing new. We all knew the bullpen was going to be pretty bad this season and it has lived up to our expectations. Even the best options in San Francisco\u2019s bullpen would probably be considered the third or fourth best options in a good big league bullpen.<\/p>\n

But the Giants chose not to invest any money into the bullpen, a decision that Buster Posey has been very defensive about when questioned on it, and it is coming back to bite them. As Josh Dubow of the Associated Press noted on social media after the loss: “Giants have 5 losses this season in games they led in the 9th inning or later. Only the Royals have more with 7.”<\/p>\n

While the Giants wowed us with offense on Thursday and Friday, no team is going to be able to keep up that level of run-scoring. Sometimes the pitching staff has to step up and they simply haven\u2019t for a good chunk of the year.<\/p>\n

A major league team can still be good and even make the playoffs with either a streaky offense, below average rotation, or below-average bullpen. The Giants won their World Series championships with an unremarkable offense. But the Giants have all three of those components<\/em> this season which is why it shouldn\u2019t be a shock they are 13 games under .500 with no real hope of digging out of that hole.<\/p>\n

This is just a poorly constructed roster and the Giants have been burned again and again. They have no closer, no setup man, just middling arms who they are moving around as they try to piece together wins. That\u2019s not a recipe for success and it\u2019s why this Giants team is already cooked even though it\u2019s only early June. The offense can\u2019t stay hot forever and the pitching staff is nowhere near strong enough to pick the bats up when they go cold as they did on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SF Giants blew yet another game on Saturday because of the bullpen. It is becoming more and more clear that the 2026 season is already lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nSF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More - Sports USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More - Sports USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SF Giants blew yet another game on Saturday because of the bullpen. It is becoming more and more clear that the 2026 season is already lost.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-07T13:20:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrTan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MrTan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/15ee2fc3be5bae572d794eddf62375ce\"},\"headline\":\"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-07T13:20:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247\"},\"wordCount\":676,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"MLB\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247\",\"name\":\"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More - Sports USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-07T13:20:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/15ee2fc3be5bae572d794eddf62375ce\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?p=5247#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sports USA\",\"description\":\"Bringing You the Latest, Hottest, and Boldest Sports Stories from Across America\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/15ee2fc3be5bae572d794eddf62375ce\",\"name\":\"MrTan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3a727b5b892d84bacb82ee98b5e63c37c63828e99bd72cc652fab8953c48ceb9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3a727b5b892d84bacb82ee98b5e63c37c63828e99bd72cc652fab8953c48ceb9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3a727b5b892d84bacb82ee98b5e63c37c63828e99bd72cc652fab8953c48ceb9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrTan\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More - Sports USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More - Sports USA","og_description":"The SF Giants blew yet another game on Saturday because of the bullpen. It is becoming more and more clear that the 2026 season is already lost.","og_url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247","og_site_name":"Sports USA","article_published_time":"2026-06-07T13:20:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":2000,"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrTan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrTan","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247"},"author":{"name":"MrTan","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/15ee2fc3be5bae572d794eddf62375ce"},"headline":"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More","datePublished":"2026-06-07T13:20:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247"},"wordCount":676,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg","articleSection":["MLB"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247","name":"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More - Sports USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-07T13:20:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/15ee2fc3be5bae572d794eddf62375ce"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Them-tieu-de-30-3.jpg","width":2000,"height":2000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5247#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SF Giants Prove Yet Again That This Season Is Already a Complete Lost Cause \u2014 The Brutal Reality Fans Are Forced to Face Once More"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/","name":"Sports USA","description":"Bringing You the Latest, Hottest, and Boldest Sports Stories from Across America","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/15ee2fc3be5bae572d794eddf62375ce","name":"MrTan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a727b5b892d84bacb82ee98b5e63c37c63828e99bd72cc652fab8953c48ceb9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a727b5b892d84bacb82ee98b5e63c37c63828e99bd72cc652fab8953c48ceb9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a727b5b892d84bacb82ee98b5e63c37c63828e99bd72cc652fab8953c48ceb9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrTan"},"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5249,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions\/5249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}