One has to wonder what it’ll take for this team to get over .500 and stay there. Or perhaps that just isn’t something they’ll do this year, given the sorry state of, uh, most things right now.
Here’s the beat from Half Street:
Tony Sipp strengthening shoulder, acknowledges game speed is tougher than expected (MASN)
Sipp is still building shoulder strength and trying to push his velocity up as he makes regular appearances in-game. This does not seem smart for anyone.
Nationals-Giants series preview: Searching for set-up man (WaPo)
Sipp, Justin Miller, Trevor Rosenthal, Wander Suero, and Austen Williams all seem incapable of filling the job.