SAN FRANCISCO -- The focus for the past week has been on the newcomers, and Kevin Pillar certainly has done all one can do to take some pressure off his new teammates.
But the Giants were not built to rely on a Pillar or Tyler Austin, or Connor Joe and Michael Reed before them. The core was kept intact throughout the offseason -- not totally by choice -- and for two weeks of bad baseball, that's the group that's letting Bruce Bochy down.
The Giants lost 3-1 on Wednesday, the lone run coming on Pillar's solo shot off Padres lefty Nick Margevicius.