The biggest surprise so far has been Mark Melancon’s performance. He has yet to allow a run in his first 10 innings of work. He’s not pitching in high leverage roles quite yet, but after not having been close at all last year to matching a similar scoreless streak and being largely unable to stop teams from hitting him hard, this performance has been unlike anything we’ve ever seen from him in a Giants uniform, and it’s worth talking about.
Mark Melancon’s career was at a crossroads as recently as last season.