The San Francisco Giants were not supposed to be here in August. They were not supposed to be 60-60 and sitting just 3.5 games out of the second NL wild-card spot.
Madison Bumgarner was not supposed to still be pitching for the Giants. The southpaw was supposed to be pitching for the New York Yankees or the Minnesota Twins following an inevitable trade deadline blockbuster.
But here we are.
The Giants didn’t trade Bumgarner and fans should be thankful for that. It would have been painful for Giants fans to have watched Bumgarner go out and dominate for another team the way he’s dominated for the Giants in his past two starts.