Nothing seems to sum up the current state of the Giants than a game SFist attended a week and a half ago. Up 8-7 in the 9th against the Washington Nats, the Giants went to their closer and out of the bullpen came one Jeremy Accardo. As in who? The kid pitched well in AA ball and was said to throw strikes, so Felipe threw him out there to see what would happen. What the hell?

It didn't quite work out that well but it neatly summarizes the Giants this season-- what the hell? Felipe has always managed like a mad scientist, throwing anything and everything out there to see what works and this season he's managing like Dr. Frankenstein on a speedball. Bringing up some AA kid to audition for a closer role is something that a team does in Spring Training or to some doomed doormat like the Royals, not to a team that began the season with playoff aspirations. Yet because of all the injuries, all the head-scratching head-cases, and just plain ole ineffectiveness, Felipe can do nothing but throw everyone including the Kitchen Sink out there (Sink, by the way, is the third rated prospect in the Giants' farm system according to Baseball America).

Which brings us to the closer du jour, Tyler Walker. Why Tyler Walker? He's got a good arm, a supposed good head and because, well, what the hell? And actually, after a rough beginning, he's done all right for himself, having earned himself a couple of saves.

Unfortunately, we don't know how well he'll do in the closer role because the Giants haven't needed one in awhile. Getting beat up on by teams with a noted lack of offense (the Astros) and teams they beat up on earlier (the Rockies) will do that. Which brings up the other problem right now-- starting pitching. Schmidt's on the DL with a "dead arm", Lowry's starting to look like a one-year wonder, and Jerome Williams is trying to get his head together in Fresno. Besides the fact SFists' fantasy baseball team is now totally hurting, it also means that three-fifths of the starting rotation is shot. At this point, the two most reliable starters are Kirk Reuter and Brett Tomko. Both are pitching well, but neither of them makes you think of Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain. We mean is there anyway to come up with some cute saying for them? Brett and Woody and hope it's all goody? Tomko and Rueter and could it BE any weirder? Things have gotten so bleak that even Brian Sabaen, a man who admits he's wrong about as often as the President, admitted that maybe he should have gone after more pitching in the off season.

There is some good news coming the Giants way, however-- they play the A’s this weekend.