The Arizona Diamondbacks have gone out and grabbed left-handed starter Madison Bumgarner, showing once again that general manager Mike Hazen is partial to guys who get it done in October.
Bumgarner’s World Series stats would have put him in the Hall of Fame even if he never threw another pitch after 2014. (That is, unless the analytics guys who watch spreadsheets rather than baseball games were to screw up the vote.)
Bumgarner was vital to three championship Giants clubs (2010, 2012, 2014.) In those series, he went 4-0 with a 0.25 ERA and a save.