Nobody expected Derek Holland to do what he did for the San Francisco Giants this year. He’s been their best pitcher, save Madison Bumgarner, and has surpassed any expectation of him that was set out before the season. Yet for some reason, unbeknownst to us, they’ve decided to pull him from the rotation.
Before the Giants took the field in a miserable 8-1 loss to the Rockies on Tuesday night, they announced that Johnny Cueto would return to the rotation on Thursday evening. That part is nice. But the annoying part is that they’ve decided to put him in over Derek Holland.