SF Gigantes
How about those lowly SF Giants. Lead the wild card race on July 1st. I know there is a long way to go but given where they are today they way surpassed any reasonable expectations. Obviously Tim L. and Caine are a the best two young pitchers in the game on the same staff. Randy Johnson and Zito are approaching respectable and that is all you can expect from them. Sanchez has been the problem in the starting rotation but the kid who replaced him in the Brewers series was okay. The bull pen, especially the set up guys have been really strong and Wilson who i am not sold on as a closer is so so.
The bats are starting to come alive and Pablo is close to leading the league in hitting. Need Molina to get hot and Renteria to pick things up. Talk about getting Jerome Dye.
Fun team to watch given the low expectations and think they might stay in WC race for awhile before fading.... Posey at Catcher is at least a year away and Bumgarten is another untouchable young pitcher to add to Caine and Tim L in the next year or two.
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