Giants starting rotation - a revolving door attached to a M.A.S.H. unit

Given that the Giants starting rotation -- save Bumgarner -- has become a revolving door of ineptitude, inefficiency, inconsistency and injury, it's amazing the Giants are still in contention. It's a revolving door attached to a MASH unit.

Where's Timmy? Or Tim for that matter? Heston is gassed and sent down to AAA to recharge his batteries I guess. Leake has hardly contributed and now Vogie is back to being bad Vogie. Peavy wavers back and forth like a weather-vane. And Matt Cain. What to do about Matt Cain?

I don't envy Bochy and the staff if the Giants continue to stay in contention and it appears likely the Dodgers are going to see to it that they do until the end of September at least. Failing that, I would have like to have seen what a Clayton Blackburn can do against major league hitters. I guess there is always spring training for that.

For now, there is a division pennant that nobody seems to want hanging out there. The walking wounded that the Giants are becoming might as well be the ones to snatch it.

from MLB Daily Dish:
Bruce Bochy has a difficult decision looming - MLB Daily Dish:

As of today, their rotation consists of Madison Bumgarner, Chris Heston, Jake Peavy, Ryan Vogelsong, and Matt Cain; however Mike Leake is set to come off the DL in the next few days, and he'll undoubtedly be slotted back in. Unfortunately that means that someone will be pushed to the bullpen, or demoted to the minor leagues to make room.

August	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	ERA	FIP	SIERA	fWAR
Madison Bumgarner	25.1	12.4	0.36	0.00	0.71	0.46	1.48	1.7
Ryan Vogelsong	15.0	11.4	3.60	0.60	2.40	2.64	3.17	0.4
Jake Peavy	16.2	8.64	3.24	0.54	4.32	3.05	3.95	0.3
Chris Heston	19.2	5.03	5.95	1.37	4.58	6.11	6.01	-0.3
Matt Cain	19.2	5.49	3.66	2.29	7.32	7.02	5.08	-0.5

In Bochy's tenure as manager of the Giants, he's largely stuck with the hot hand when it comes to making decisions on playing time; and if that holds true, then it would seem likely that Heston or Cain is on the hot seat. Neither has performed well in August, and ultimately, the deciding factor could be how Heston pitches in his next start.

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