Jeff Samardzija pummelled again, Giants lose

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY SportsThe A's had no troubles seeing the ball against Jeff Samardzija, who had his worst start since his last one.

On December 9, 2015, the Giants signed the pitcher who lead the American League in earned runs and home runs allowed. On June 27, 2016, everyone following the Giants had some concerns about this deal.

That’s not the whole story, of course. It omits the months of excellent pitching, the dominant starts where the big baseball man threw the baseball hard. Everything made sense when it was working. It’s not as if Jeff Samardzija was an 89-mph pie-tosser from the bowels of minor-league free agency. He is, was, and should continue to be one of the hardest…