Giants swept – The San Francisco Giants’ slide deepened with a three-game sweep at Miami, leaving them at 31-46 and 15 games under .500. The downturn has arrived alongside a rapidly expanding off-field mess that included Rafael Devers’ public protest of manager Tony Vitello
When the San Francisco Giants walked into Miami this past weekend, they were chasing answers. They left with a sweep and the same sinking feeling fans have been trying to shake for weeks.
The club was beaten in three straight games by the Miami side. and the record tells the story: the Giants fell to 31-46. which is 15 games below .500. It’s the kind of hole the franchise hasn’t seen since the final day of the 2018 season. when they finished 16 games underwater. This latest stretch is also landing them in the kind of spotlight they rarely welcome—firmly at No. 29 in USA TODAY Sports’ power rankings, with Colorado sitting at No. 30 and close enough to potentially push them to the bottom.
The on-field struggles have turned ugly since the start pitcher Landen Roupp took the mound and the Giants also had two relievers on Giants’ Pride night who scrawled a Bible verse on their caps. That moment quickly grew into more than a weeklong news cycle. despite the pitchers saying they simply want to “play ball.”.
That tension has not translated into momentum. The Giants have lost five of eight games since Roupp started, and the season is now on pace for 65 wins—fewest since 2017. Even that might not be the floor.
Rafael Devers’ protest added a new flare to the existing noise. He publicly protested his removal from their Sunday, June 21 game at Miami, wagging his finger at manager Tony Vitello and then cursing into his helmet. Shortly thereafter, the Giants hit into a game-ending double play.
Back in the bullpen picture. Adrian Houser—one of Buster Posey’s offseason pitching signings—was ticketed for the bullpen and did not seem happy about it. The frustration comes at a time when San Francisco is already scrambling through pitching problems that have been showing up in earned runs and innings.
The day-to-day pitching story has been as uneven as the standings. Bryce Elder has allowed five, six, and eight earned runs in a five-start span. Brandon Woodruff is set to return Monday after a two-month layoff caused by shoulder inflammation. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani has moved into a two-way role at home as well.
As the Giants keep sliding, the organization’s problems are colliding with a wider league snapshot that paints the contrast even sharper—teams around them are catching fire while San Francisco is searching for its footing.
One league-wide picture stands out across the latest rankings and recent results: as the Giants sink to 31-46 and nearly slip to the cellar, other clubs are grabbing momentum in categories that swing games quickly—power bursts, bullpen pressure, and stolen base breakouts.
In the same update. the New York Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt has four homers in his last seven games and 12 for the year. two more than 2025 total. The Tampa Bay Rays’ Chandler Simpson snapped a 30-game drought without a stolen base. The NL’s home run leader Kyle Schwarber followed a three-homer night with seven more dingers than anyone else.
There were also reminders that other teams are finding rhythm at the exact time San Francisco is losing ground: the St. Louis Cardinals have seen Michael McGreevy’s K rate and ERA slide in June; Cleveland’s Travis Bazzana posted his first multi-homer game on a 4-for-4 night; and the Chicago White Sox were dealt another blow when Seranthony Dominguez blew his fourth save.
For the Giants, the season’s timing is brutal. After the awkwardness of Rafael Devers’ Mutombo routine, they’re scheduled to hop on the longest flight of the year to date—2,600 miles.
If the numbers were harsh before, they’re harsher now. San Francisco’s calendar and clubhouse turbulence are piling up together: Pride night controversy. a public confrontation involving Devers and Vitello on June 21. and pitching instability that has pushed the Giants to a pace that looks worse than the recent past.
Right now, the slide isn’t a theory. It’s the record, the sweep, and the weeklong noise—still unfolding.
San Francisco Giants Rafael Devers Tony Vitello Landen Roupp Adrian Houser Bryce Elder Brandon Woodruff pitching slump MLB standings power rankings June 21 incident
Giants are cooked again.
Wait so Devers was mad at the manager and then the Giants still got swept like… shocking? Seems like they’re blaming everyone but the pitching.
USA Today power rankings at 29 already?? That’s wild. Also the Bible verse caps thing was probably a distraction or something, idk. If they’re losing 5 of 8 since that pitcher started then yeah, fire somebody or change the lineup.
People keep saying “play ball” like that fixes anything. Devers cursing in his helmet is crazy but also like… how is Tony Vitello still managing if they’re at 31-46?? And the swept part, isn’t that just like they were playing Miami wrong at the start? I swear this always happens when the spotlight shows up, like Colorado is gonna knock them out of last place or whatever.