CINCINNATI — The Giants opened the month of May 7.0 games back in the National League West, their largest deficit in the standings after the first month of the season in more than a decade.
Their ace, Madison Bumgarner, sported an ERA above 4.00. No regular members of their lineup posted a batting average above .247. Their top two prospects are hurt, their CEO is suspended and their attendance plummeted 17 percent from April, 2018.
The first month of the season wasn’t quite an unmitigated disaster, but it wasn’t far off.
“We’re disappointed with the results so far,” president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi admitted on KNBR Wednesday.