[Mick]

OTOH, in the NL we have:  Wheeler v. Darvish.

At least Wheeler was once a rising star in the Giants organization.  There's that.

That was just a grim, grim season, 2011.  Posey and Freddy Sanchez lost for the season with injuries. They traded Wheeler for 2 months of Carlos Beltran, who was supposed to replace Posey's production, and he did -- when he was healthy. He went on the DL for 13 games with a wrist strain. Closer Brian Wilson threw only five games over the last two months of the season because of an elbow problem, and Sergio Romo missed 16 games with an elbow issue. Pablo Sandoval missed 47 games with a broken hamate bone and his own elbow problems.  2010 heroes Cody Ross, Aubrey Huff, Pat Burrell, Aaron Rowand, Nate Schierholtz and Andres Torres all performed poorly. Rookie Brandon Crawford batted .204. And Jeremy Affeldt sliced up his hand trying to separate meat patties with a knife.

The Giants went 25-32 over the last 32 games of the season. They had a 4 game lead on July 29. They went 3-11 and coughed up the lead for good.Terrible year.

[Mick]

OTOH, in the NL we have:  Wheeler v. Darvish.

At least Wheeler was once a rising star in the Giants organization.  There's that.

That was just a grim, grim season, 2011.  Posey and Freddy Sanchez lost for the season with injuries. They traded Wheeler for 2 months of Carlos Beltran, who was supposed to replace Posey's production, and he did -- when he was healthy. He went on the DL for 13 games with a wrist strain. Closer Brian Wilson threw only five games over the last two months of the season because of an elbow problem, and Sergio Romo missed 16 games with an elbow issue. Pablo Sandoval missed 47 games with a broken hamate bone and his own elbow problems.  2010 heroes Cody Ross, Aubrey Huff, Pat Burrell, Aaron Rowand, Nate Schierholtz and Andres Torres all performed poorly. Rookie Brandon Crawford batted .204. And Jeremy Affeldt sliced up his hand trying to separate meat patties with a knife.

The Giants went 25-32 over the last 32 games of the season. They had a 4 game lead on July 29. They went 3-11 and coughed up the lead for good.Terrible year.