It’s not always the case that the team you design winds up being the team you have. There’s always some combination of injury or ineffectiveness — rarely does a team meet the full measure of its expected powers; but today, the San Francisco Giants won 3-1 thanks to their grand design coming to fruition.
For the most part.
The day began with the announcement that they’d be without their would-be All-Star Thairo Estrada, who hit the 10-day IL with wrist inflammation. Estrada has been the best second baseman in the National League this season and his performance has been the main thing keeping the Giants afloat as they’ve tried to manage an early season malaise.