Patrick Bailey’s trip to the IL will improve the San Francisco Giants simply by subtraction.
The lineup will, temporarily, shed the second-worst hitter in baseball since August 1st. Bailey’s line of .057/.089/.075 in 56 plate appearances registers as a -56 wRC+. That’s just slightly better than Atlanta’s Adam Duvall, whose -61 wRC+ has come in 20 plate appearances (.053/.100/.053).
Brett Wisely, optioned to make room for Thairo Estrada, was hitting .160/.182/.200 across 26 August plate appearances, an 11 wRC+, which was the 19th-worst in the sport; or, to put it another way, 338th out of 356 players with at least 20 plate appearances (Bailey was 355th).