It’s been a tumultuous season for the San Francisco Giants.
Entering Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Giants had 38 wins on the season. The same win total as the NL-worst Colorado Rockies.
President of baseball operations Buster Posey seemingly set up the team for success by signing shortstop Willy Adames to a seven-year, $182 million contract and adding veterans like Tyler Mahle and Harrison Bader in the offseason.
But things have gone horribly wrong for the Giants in manager Tony Vitello’s inaugural season in the position.
A stagnant offense and an inconsistent pitching staff has made the Giants one of the worst teams in the league.
Following San Francisco’s 9-3 loss to the Blue Jays Tuesday, Vitello spoke to reporters about the team’s struggles.
He summed up the poor performance to mentality, or lack thereof.
“If I had the answer, we’d be in a lot better spot…I don’t think it’s any one thing. If you forced me to answer, I always boil everything down to mentality,” Vitello said.
Vitello has touched on the importance of mentality before, but morale is evidently low for a team that is sitting well-below .500 and 21 games behind first-place in the division.
The Giants are coming off a series loss to the Rockies at Coors Field, which only highlights San Francisco’s nightmarish season. While San Francisco isn’t the only team struggling in the NL West, the squad appears to have zero answers to remedy the catastrophe.
The All-Star break can’t come soon enough for the spiraling Giants.
