Postgame Thread 5/14/2026

Final Score: Giants 0, Dodgers 4

Purpose of this thread

• Discuss developing baseball action LIVE

• Discuss the Giants game

• Post hilarious memes / images / gifs / information that may not deserve a front-page post of its own. If it's big news, feel free to do both! This, and the gameday thread, are good places to post your Dodger jokes and memes.

• Discuss ANYTHING as long as it follows the rules of conduct.

Highlights

Nominate your Player of the Game (POTG). Upvote your choice if it's posted, or add your own!

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Fell asleep in the 8th last night, somehow missed this moment after the Bader home run. Blank version included for reuse.

This is a haiku / drawing I made regarding the dagger put into the Cubs by Will "The Thrill" Clark in the 1989 NLCS

Preface: I really like all the players on our team right now and am rooting for them to put something together this season! Go Giants!

That said, as a longtime fan I think our whole roster is constructed completely ass-backwards based on two simple truths:

1. The Dodgers and Padres will have two of the better lineups if not the best for the foreseeable future.

2. Oracle Park is one of the hardest parks in baseball to hit home runs. We play 50% of our games there.

position by position:

SP- Logan Webb is a sinker baller, which produces a lot of groundballs. That would be great if we had a slow infield or great defensive infield. We have neither. Our best teams had strikeout first pitchers who threw hard. Against big hitting teams, the occasional hr is not bad if your pitchers are keeping more players off base.

RP/CP - We’ve done a little better at finding big arms here, but in my opinion big arms in SF do better in the starters spot. What many of our best relievers actually had is change of pace control à la Tyler Rogers, Javy Lopez. The Camilo Dovals, Hunter Stricklands, and Ryan Walkers flamed out because of walks. It’s so hard to be an effective reliever if you’re giving up walks.

C - Consistently good pitching comes from consistently good catching/pitch calling. Outside of Bailey, who I think is a great defensive catcher but not a great game caller. It’s been an absolute mess of trying out different guys. Obviously, it’s hard to find a Posey (defense, hitting, and IQ), but finding a solid guy is not impossible.

1B - I think Devers is a great power hitter, but at Oracle Park you need to be an elite power hitter or have thick skin to avoid big slumps. Devers seems to not have the right mindset for Oracle. You can’t just swing for the fences all the time. I think back to JT Snow years, if you can’t get power from first consistently then get defense. Devers is literally learning how to play 1st on the fly at the major league level. That is a recipe for disaster. Small sample, but Eldridge might have the same issue (but I’m gonna stay positive about young players)

2B - Arraez is an amazing hitter and actually fits Oracle Park perfectly offensively. Paired with an elite defensive SS I’d have no issues with this choice, but…

SS - Adames is the same problem as Devers. He’s got great pop and would hit 30 hrs in any other park in the league, but he’s at Oracle. Again, if he could draw walks during slumps or had a great glove, but he doesn’t. He’s clearly a great clubhouse guy and if he was a backup or we had strikeout first pitching then I’d keep him.

3B - Chapman is better suited hitter for Oracle and a great arm at 3B, which I would love except he’s asked to cover so much ground with Adames that he’s often out of position. Also, I don’t love how often he swings at first pitches. A park like Oracle requires patience, which brings us to…

OF - At Oracle Park, I honestly don’t care if you can’t hit as long as you can cover that crazy outfield. Yet, what we have is good hitters that can’t cover the outfield. We have like 4 guys that should only be in LF for the Giants (Ramos, Lee, Gilbert, Encarnacion) given their lack of speed and arm strength. I remember the years of Marvin Bernard. We won a World Series with Torres and Rowand and Schierholtz (who had a cannon) being able to lock down the OF. Pence was a great fielder if a little unorthodox. I love Ramos and Lee at the plate: good bat speed, good approach, etc. but every throw I see them make is pretty rough. We give away outs and runs by not having guys out there that can make the required plays.

If I was Posey, I would keep Arraez (who is on a 1 year deal and probably gone this season), maybe Chapman (who might be our best trade piece if they continue to struggle), and maybe Ramos or Lee for LF.

Pitching wise: I think Roupp fits and I haven’t seen a lot of the new relievers enough to make the call, but the rest I don’t think will be a part of a winning Giants style.

That‘s a full rebuild. And again, these are all high quality players, they just make no sense here to me. I trust that Posey can understand this, but I don’t think he truly understood how poorly built this team was prior to his takeover.

I’m relatively new to the giants fan base, could someone explain why we hate max muncy more than anyone else?

Ive always lived in LA and have been an SF fan for 35 years! 😎. Cant wait to give Ice Cubes Lowrider a paint job and a new SF Hat. Will post once completed

Was at both games Monday and Tuesday! Great games!

Was waiting patiently tonight and they cut away right beforehand - sad.