I’m sorry.
This is my fault.
Well, partially.
On April 17th, the San Francisco Giants were 7-2, and the future looked bright. I wrote a piece detailing how the starting pitching had led to massive success, their bullpen had underlying metrics that portended potential disaster.
I said: “Their bullpen has been much more pedestrian: although the Giants are fourth in the league in reliever ERA (2.15), their FIP ranks 16th (3.85) and their xFIP 25th (4.27). You know this: you’ve seen the last couple of torturous ninth innings that the Giants manage to squeak out of by the skin of their teeth.