The San Francisco Giants are off to a slow start, going 1-4 in their first 5 games, and you can attribute that mostly to their bullpen. Today however, the All-Star southpaw Madison Bumgarner will take the hill at Petco Park for the second game of the 3-game series. Mad Bum was stellar in his season debut against the Diamondbacks, retiring the first 16 batters and launching 2 home runs but the Giants lost due to the bullpen. The Padres will send Jhoulys Chacin to the bump and he was horrendous in his season debut against the Dodgers, yielding 9 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks, in just 3-1/3 innings of work. The Giants are 4-1 in Bumgarner’ last 5 starts and they should get to Chacin today.
Tonight’s pick:
San Francisco Giants