Giants drop three bigly to Washington Nationals.

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10. Tigers just cleaned up.

So in 4 games, it's 26-6, and if I heard John Miller right, Wilmer Flores got 5 HR's on the trip, including the only run today.

I went over to the site and this is funny. Some guy in a 28 jersey (doesn't that sound familiar?) caught Wilmer's HR.



Probably not Posey (or a Posey jersey)



What I can't understand are the three-pitch outs, and the "CALL STRIKE THREE" ...or the "SWINGING STRIKE THREE". Way too many of them.

Are opposing managers pranking the vaunted SF Giants analytics by asking pitchers to do the exact opposite of what's charted? That is, throw a slow curve when the statistics say "first pitch fastball?"

Analytics are always an average, and you can always prank averages by doing the opposite of what they say you'll do.

Just wondering. Analytics make you predictable, just as much as, or even more than the opposition you're measuring.

On edit: this is REALLY CRITICAL, because management (including their Maga owner) has to decide "buy or sell" like right now, and I am guessing that a fire sale is going to cause more grief than a buy decision.