It's Time To Admit That The Giants Are The ACTUAL NL Worst

by Jason Avant

The Padres spent yesterday afternoon beating the snot out of the Giants. Joey "Joey Fuego" Lucchesi had a solid second start, holding the Giants to one run.

Now we know why they call him @JoeyFuego44!

🔥 2nd career win
🔥 9 K's
🔥 Made @DonOrsillo say "swing and a miss" a lot pic.twitter.com/LiobmV5vwD

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 16, 2018

Giants pitchers [REDACTED PER THE REQUEST OF THE DEEPLY SHAMED GIANTS MANAGEMENT] did not fare so well. The final score was 10 to the aforementioned 1. Yes, the Padres did that. Scored 10 runs. In a single game.

More than that, the Padres smacked the Giants around all weekend. After a 7-1 loss this past Thursday, the Padres won the next three games, putting up a total of 20 runs against the Giants' 6. The Padres are still only 7-10, but they are in 3rd place, just ahead of the Giants, and slightly farther ahead of the Dodgers.

Of course, I am not a Baseball Expert, but there seems to be a narrative forming here. There is a Happening.

Despite the win/loss totals, the Giants are, at this point, the worst team in the NL West. They are the NL Worst for the simple reason that they lost three games in a row to the Padres, who many picked to be the actual Worst Team in The NL West. They have the same record at this point in the season that they did at this time last year. Oh, and last year they were worse than the Padres.

The Padres begin a 3-game home series against the Dodgers tonight. I don't think the Padres will sweep; if they win two games, it will be a miracle. Then again, maybe this San Diego team is a bit better than anyone thought.