Coach Trev

They have a 5.7 walk rate as a team.

It's 2% below 29th place there.

They've seen 43.3% of pitches in the zone, which is the most in baseball.

What does that tell you?

Pitchers are absolutely unafraid to throw strikes to anybody in this lineup because the Giants are just unable to square up the ball right now, no matter where they are in the order.

And it's just it's shocking because I was a little like I wasn't hugely into their roster, but I kind of felt like they would land where they've landed before, like 500 team a couple games over.

Their offense being as bad as it's been has just been the story of their entire year.

And they faced, you know, a pretty weak D-backs pitching staff, a D-backs pitching staff that's been pretty vulnerable the entire year.

They go two runs, three runs, three runs in the series, and that's just not going to get it done.

And there's no way.

For some other teams that are struggling, there's pieces you can sell.

There's ways to make the season kind of productive.

And I just don't see that for the Giants right now.

They're 10 games under 500 for the first time since July 2019.

It's as bad as it's been in the past seven years for them.

They got to mash their way out.

He's been good.

I think I would probably still go Pirates.

But for the Cardinals, like they're just things you like about them long term, like the way they play defense, even though in game one, it was a pretty sloppy defensive game for them on the year.

They've been a well-rounded defensive team.