LOS ANGELES – As the Blake Snell market continued to drag on this offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers quietly dipped their toes in the water. They had watched Snell dominate them so many times that it made sense to try to sign him, but the Dodgers wanted more of a commitment than the Giants ended up getting from Snell, who opt out after this time.
On Monday, Snell looked like the pitcher the Dodgers were trying to add to their billion-dollar season. And the Giants continued to look like the team that needed that play last year.
The 3-2 win at Dodger Stadium was the third in four games on the road trip, which has yielded just 11 runs despite the team playing three games at Coors Field and facing a pitcher who His MLB debut. Snell did his part, allowing two runs over six innings, but there were plenty of mistakes elsewhere.
It started in the first inning, when Jorge Soler drew the first run and was thrown out at third while trying to take advantage of LaMonte Wade Jr.’s single. the rest. The Giants would not score, and the decision allowed River Ryan to sit.
Seven innings later, Luis Matos and Heliot Ramos nearly collided while chasing a fly ball to left. It came between them for the first inning, and when Teoscar Hernandez drove a single up the middle a few minutes later, the Dodgers took the lead for good.
“Heliot called you,” manager Bob Melvin said into the hushed clubhouse. “When it got close and it looked like they were going to collide, he turned away.”
Young players will make mistakes, but now the older Giants do, and this is a lineup that right now looks unlikely to get itself out of trouble. The exception to the outing was Tyler Fitzgerald, who won his fourth straight game. Melvin said Fitzgerald looks more confident and calm now that he has an everyday role, and perhaps surprisingly, is sending a message to the front office.
The Giants are moving in parallel directions as the trade deadline approaches. They have kept the core this season while trying to bring in young players who will shape the future, but it has been difficult at times. Fitzgerald only left because the Giants finally gave him a way to do so.
Matos is perhaps the best example of the current mess. The 22-year-old has made just four starts this month, even with Austin Slater now everywhere. But since he’s on the roster, he’s still expected to reach the big spots. He hit Michael Conforto with the go-ahead run in the third and one out in the sixth and the win. Two innings later, it was the defense that came up short.
Matos will be a big part of the future in San Francisco. So will Ramos. Increasingly, Fitzerald looks to be part of the solution, and you can say the same for Erik Miller, who beat Shohei Ohtani in the fourth of four matchups this season.
The question of the future is starting to emerge, but the Giants are hoping this year’s starters can get them back into the race. In the first few days of the first half, there have been no visible signs that it will come, although they have not lost hope, even as the days go on until the trading season it arrives.
“Yeah, we’re going through it right now, but we’ve got a lot of games left,” Fitzgerald said. “I know nobody is happy with the way the second half started – the fans, us, but what are you going to do? We have to come back and keep working hard and hopefully we can turn it around, it I burned all kinds at once.”
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