The Giants have played eight games so far this season: five against the Dodgers and three against the Rockies. They swept Colorado, but only took one game from Los Angeles and that was the season opener.
Although their big guns (Bonds and Alou) aren't in the lineup, the team has still managed to score runs. Unfortunately, they haven't scored more runs than their bullpen has allowed. Unless their relief pitching improves, San Francisco is in for a long season. It's no use for guys like Lowry, Schmidt and Williams to pitch gems, if guys like Benitez, Brower and Walker are going to give away the game in the late innings.
The season is only a week old and the Giants have an even record. That's probably a higher winning percentage than most folks figured they'd have, but if they don't shore up their relief pitching, they're going to find themselves in a hole too deep for even Barry or Moises to dig them from.
This evening, they begin a three-game series against the Rockies, a team with a seven-game losing streak. Let's hope San Francisco can push Colorado's losses into double digits before traveling to San Diego on Monday. With Noah Lowry on the mound tonight, they have a good chance to taking the first game.
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Isn't Barry Bonds scheduled to come off the DL soon? Or has his DL stretch been extended past the original 15-days? Michael Tucker has been a pretty good fill-in in the outfield so far, though.
There are rumors that Bonds could be coming off the bench as a pinch hitter, but I don't know if they want to risk further injury before recovery for a few at bats and intentional walks. Alou should be back this Friday, but now Snow is injured. The Giants just can't seem to get the pistons firing in order. Tucker and Feliz have been the primary RBI guys, so they'll hopefully keep it up when the other regulars are back in the lineup.