If the Giants’ season weren’t already beyond the frivolity of winning and losing, Dereck Rodríguez getting Cain’d would stand out as a grave injustice. Wins and losses don’t mean anything for pitchers, and they especially don’t mean anything for the 2018 Giants in September. Would a win have made you feel any better? Maybe a little, but it wouldn’t last. You wouldn’t wake up the next morning with an extra spring in your step because the Giants won last night and maybe, just maybe they’ll have a shot at this thing.
Losing, on the other hand, doesn’t feel good, but it also doesn’t hurt.