The San Francisco Giants' 2024 season started out promisingly with the Giants winning two of their first three games. The Giants were then blown out in the series finale in San Diego, and ultimately swept in LA by the absolutely loaded Dodgers. The SF Giants lost three winnable games on this trip: Opening Day (when they took a lead into the bottom of the seventh) and the final two games in LA, both 5-4 losses.

So far in the young season, the SF Giants pitching staff is pitching at unsustainably poor levels. Part of that simply is a byproduct of facing two potent offenses on the road. Part of it is just randomness. One this is certain, though: a 2-5 road trip is not ideal, but it's not cause for alarm or panic. The Giants' offense was steady and solid, scoring four runs or more in all but one of their first seven games. However, the pitching allowed 6.6 runs a game on average, and that's going to make things tough no matter what.

Down on the farm, Marco Luciano and Luis Matos have started out the season hot, which is a great sign. Both Luciano and Matos are potentially huge parts of the San Francisco Giants' future (and perhaps present sooner rather than later), so it's good to see them start their respective seasons on the right foot.

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