Giants Pitching: Review

These are the options until Bumgarner gets back and that's the cavalry, IMO. There isn't going to be an add-on at the trade deadline, unless the Giants are in an epic battle for 1st place. Treading water around .500 and in the wild-card hunt isn't going to motivate the expenditure.

So assuming the worst about Cueto, where are we? Bumgarner, Samardzija, Stratton, Blach and Suarez or Holland in the 5-hole? Beede needs longer than a 7-inning audition, but I like Suarez more and more. He can pitch and he can battle.

On the bullpen side of the ledger...

Thank God Will Smith is back. Everybody else gets less reps. Smith and Watson from the LH side. You'd love to give Osich time to work things out, but when is enough enough? Strickland, Dyson, Gearrin, Moronta and Pierce Johnson? How many prospects lists had Pierce Johnson on the top side of the list? Not mine.

There's enough here to get them over .500, but not by much and they cannot afford another injury. 

Other than Watson and Strickland, too many walks. Way too many. Gearrin and Osich are way too hittable. Other than that....all good. 

I don't even want to look at hitters for another month. Too depressing.