Is Patrick Bailey going to be in the majors in the near future? That remains entirely uncertain, as they San Francisco Giants have several catchers with unique backgrounds and current statuses. Joey Bart appeared to be finally putting it all together before he sustained a minor groin injury, but he's avoided going on the IL. Blake Sabol was striking out a ton and looking like his time on the roster might be running short, but he's had a great last two games, including a stunning walk-off homer two nights ago, and suddenly he looks like he's earned quite a bit more rope.
Meanwhile, it was Ricardo Genovés, not Gary Sánchez, who was brought to San Francisco on taxi squad when it was thought that Bart might have to go on the IL. Sánchez can opt out of his minor league deal with the Giants if he's not in the majors by Monday, and it's certainly worth noting that he has struggled in Triple-A so far. And now enter Bailey, who was promoted to Triple-A, where both Genovés and Sánchez are already on the roster. The whole situation is pretty wild and there's no telling what the short-term and long-term future holds.
As all of this was going on beneath the surface, the SF Giants won their fifth straight game. Their once "feast or famine" offense has normalized and is consistently putting up around five runs a game, which was to be expected. Simultaneously, their pitchers continue to give up more homers than expected (Tony DeSclafani allowed two more last night), and the Giants' offense continues to lead the league in strikeout rate. Amidst those concerning trends, there are still plenty of reasons for optimism as the Giants have been better than average by wRC+ and fWAR by the position players, and their pitchers are first in an interesting and advanced metric called xFIP, which predicts better pitching (and specifically fewer homers) moving forward.
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