The 2019 San Francisco Giants season is one long audition for Madison Bumgarner.
Is he so good that Farhan Zaidi is forced to trade away a franchise hero, and get some assets while he can? Is he good enough that he’s worth extending, but not good enough to trade? Is he so mediocre that they trade him just hoping some owner is screaming “2014! 2014! Did you not watch 2014?!” in the ear of their GM? Is he - gulp - bad?
Every start carries that intrigue, and in the case of Friday’s start, Bumgarner did a little bit of it all.