In 2018, Madison Bumgarner started the season with a broken hand, suffered at the end of spring training. Madison's record this year is 6 wins against 7 losses. That was after a 2017 that featured his dirt biking accident that kept him sidelined for about half a season. Neither season was notable, except for how poorly the Giants did in 2017, and they will finish as a sub-.500 club in 2018 as well. Their improvement is only notable because it came from such a low baseline. Madison Bumgarner is the ace of our staff, without question. There is more energy when he is on the mound, although he usually (not always, though) is fairly non-emotive as he pitches.