SEATTLE — Tony Vitello will often finish a long answer with some variation of “I don’t know if that answered your question.” But when asked last Sunday to sum up the Giants’ first half, he did so pretty efficiently.“It doesn’t make sense,” Vitello said.
It would not have been hard to imagine the Giants having a losing record in Vitello’s first year. They came into the season with real questions about their bullpen and the back end of their rotation, and everyone knew there would be a learning curve for a man who had never coached professionals before. The Giants have been the definition of mediocre since winning 107 games in 2021, and sometimes a few bounces go the wrong way and you’re looking at something worse than that.
But this? This would have been hard to picture.
The Giants have been pretty healthy, received good production from the addition of top prospect Bryce Eldridge, more than anyone expected from Luis Arraez, a leap from Jung Hoo Lee and a full-on breakout from Casey Schmitt. And yet, they were 41-55 heading into the break, on pace for 93 losses.
They have...