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Giants Lineup: Playing for Bragging Rights Against Colorado Rockies

The Rockies are on a roll and the Giants definitely are not, and they are only playing for pride at this point.
Maddy Dickens|
San Francisco Giants pitcher Carson Whisenhunt against the Chicago White Sox during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Carson Whisenhunt against the Chicago White Sox during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

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The bottom of the NL West right now is cluttered with a pair of 38-loss ballclubs, the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies. Right now, the Rockies hold the dishonor of the No.5 spot, only because they have lost a pair more games.

Now, the two are geared to face off in the last series before the All-Star Break officially kicks off. So, things could even out more when the weekend comes around if the Rockies take this one, or the Giants can play with some fire and take down this young squad.

Colorado has never been known for their pitching, but Ryan Feltner is one of the better arms that their rotation has to offer, with a 3.23 ERA in his last seven starts to complement a 1.08 WHIP.

More importantly, though, it could easily come down to the starting pitchers, because the Rockies' offense is red-hot and very good, which doesn't complement well with the first two starts from both Giants' pitchers in their last series.

Both games on Tuesday and Wednesday got away from them in a hurry, so stagnant as this offense may be, nobody has a chance to come back from a five-to eight-run deficit right out of the chute.

Thursday evening against the Rockies will be lefty Carson Whisenhunt, who is making his second start of the season. Wisehunt allowed a lot of contact, but the damage was limited to two earned runs in five innings.

Giants Mix-Up Starters With Feltner Pitching

Bryce Eldridge hits a baseball in a grey Giants jerse
Giants designated hitter Bryce Eldridge against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

It is always nice to see a righty out on the hill, as the Giants are not in short supply of left-handed batters. So, their lineup can stay the same. After falling victim to a near no-hitter on Wednesday, they did swap it up a little bit.

  1. RF Heliot Ramos
  2. 2B Luis Arraez
  3. 3B Casey Schmitt
  4. DH Rafael Devers
  5. SS Willy Adames
  6. 1B Bryce Eldridge
  7. LF Victor Bericoto
  8. CF Drew Gilbert
  9. C Drew Cavanaugh

Jung Hoo Lee as well as Eric Haase are both going to be coming off of the bench for the series opener but with Hoo-Lee hitting under .175 in the last week, it wasn't shocking to see him moved to the dugout.

Sometimes when a player is struggling so much, they will sit until the break, and it wouldn't be too far-fetched to see that here.

When this is all said and done, San Francisco could either be in the sole position of last place or finally crack the 40-win threshold, as they are still one of four teams yet to do so. But they could be next.

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Maddy Dickens
MADDY DICKENS

Maddy Dickens resides in Loveland, Colorado. She grew up with two older brothers, where their lives revolved around sports. She earned a master's degree in business management from Tarleton State University while simultaneously playing basketball and competing in rodeo at the collegiate level. She successfully parlayed a reserve national championship into a professional rodeo career and now stays involved in upper-level athletics by writing for On SI on several different MLB teams' pages, along with some NCAA sites.

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