Giants vs – San Francisco returns home after being swept by Arizona, but the numbers still leave room for a turnaround. The Giants face the Diamondbacks in a three-game set at Oracle Park starting Monday, with Landen Roupp and Merrill Kelly on the mound, and Logan Webb’s
When Arizona swept the Giants and made it look easy, it didn’t just sting in the standings. It rewrote the mood in the Bay Area—so much so that even questions about whether San Francisco was headed into a “soft rebuild” started showing up in conversation, directly with Buster Posey himself.
But the story after the sweep has turned sharply less dramatic and more uncomfortable: the Giants aren’t rebuilding. They’re simply struggling.
Before this series even begins, Arizona has the kind of run that makes a series feel inevitable. The Diamondbacks started 0-3, then hit their season low on May 8 at 17-20—just 3 games below .500. Since then. they’ve gone 11-4. climbing into the Wild Card chase with Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll leading the offense.
In today’s 9-1 win over the Rockies, Marte delivered a pair of doubles and drove in runs with a 2-for performance, while Carroll added two triples. Marte and Carroll combined to go 7-for-11 with 5 RBI in that stretch, and their momentum has become Arizona’s engine.
The pitching has followed. The Diamondbacks have leaned on Michael Soroka (1.50 ERA), Eduardo Rodriguez (1.74 ERA), and Merrill Kelly (2.05 ERA). Over the same stretch, Arizona has played 8-1 at home, a detail that matters because this series is being played at Oracle Park.
San Francisco’s concern is bigger than one series loss. After the Giants fell to 20-30 on the season. the gap between what the team wants to be and what it has been shows up in the most basic math. This season. the Giants have lost more games than they’ve won. and they’ve spent much of it looking more bad than good—including approximately 117 hours ago against Arizona.
And yet. the Giants won’t go in thinking they’re facing a team that’s been gobbling up opponents on a white-hot streak of perfection. Arizona did stumble once during a recent four-game stretch at home against the Colorado Rockies. In those four games. the Diamondbacks outscored the Rockies 19-9. compared to Arizona scoring 23-8 against the Giants in their three-game series. In simple terms: at this point, the numbers still make the Rockies look a little better than the Giants.
So how does San Francisco hope to change the ending this time?
The best sign might be the quiet kind: some hitters have been producing even when the overall season hasn’t gone their way. In the “Since May 9th” split used to contextualize Marte’s and Carroll’s hot stretch. five Giants have hit above league average. Luis Arraez owns a 158 wRC+; Willy Adames is at 145 wRC+; Casey Schmitt is at 137 wRC+; Rafael Devers is at 122 wRC+; and Matt Chapman is at 110 wRC+. As a team, the Giants have a 113 wRC+ in that same span.
That’s the silver lining in a season that has had plenty of storm clouds. The question is whether the pitching can keep pace.
Over the last 15 games, Arizona has a 5.02 ERA (and is 7-8). The run is not flawless, and it’s the kind of inconsistency that can turn a series if the Giants turn it into a habit instead of a hope.
For San Francisco, the rotation has a big moving piece. Logan Webb is expected to make his return on Wednesday. Before Webb went on the IL. there was already a sense—based on his innings and workload—that he might have pitched his best games. Buster Posey and the Giants are hoping that doesn’t become the headline this week. because whatever success exists for the Giants this season will depend on whether Webb is making regular starts.
Arizona is hot, and Webb is not the kind of player you can replace with vibes. But baseball has a habit of flipping momentum in a single swing, then rewarding it with two more.
It can feel like all of this comes down to whether three games can shift everything—whether one rotation matchup can become a turning point, and whether the Giants can stop looking like they’re chasing something instead of hitting toward it.
Here’s what the series looks like:
Who: San Francisco Giants (22-31) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (28-24)
Where: Oracle Park | San Francisco, California
When: Monday at 2:05pm PT, Tuesday at 6:45pm PT, Wednesday at 12:45pm PT
National broadcasts: None.
Projected starters:
Monday: Landen Roupp (RHP 5-4, 3.27 ERA) vs. Merill Kelly (RHP 4-3, 5.71 ERA)
Tuesday: TBD vs. Eduardo Rodriguez (LHP 4-1, 2.24 ERA)
Wednesday: TBD vs. Michael Soroka (RHP 6-2, 3.27 ERA)
The Giants will not get swept.
San Francisco Giants Arizona Diamondbacks Oracle Park Logan Webb Ketel Marte Corbin Carroll Buster Posey Landen Roupp Merrill Kelly Eduardo Rodriguez Michael Soroka Rafael Devers Luis Arraez
Webb’s still hurt or something? Sounds like same story every year.
Wait they got swept and now everyone’s talking “soft rebuild”? I thought Buster Posey would’ve shut that down. But if they’re not rebuilding, why does it feel like they are? Also that Arizona turnaround is wild, 0-3 to 11-4… like cmon.
Kelly and Soroka pitching great and Oracle Park matters but like… Giants should just hit better? Webb is supposed to be the ace, so “doubts” linger? Sounds like people just waiting for him to fall off, which is unfair if he’s still getting hit hard. I dunno. I’m not watching stats, I watch vibes.
Arizona started 0-3 then hit a low at 17-20? That math part got me like, was that the standings or record? Anyway 9-1 over the Rockies?? That’s insane. Giants going from 20-30 and now it’s “struggling” not “rebuilding” like… same thing to me. And if Posey is talking about it, maybe they should’ve done a rebuild earlier, cause Oakland vibes used to be bad too.