One stat that highlights SF Giants all-or-nothing offense

On Tuesday, the SF Giants faced off against a tough lefty in Jesús Luzardo of the Philadelphia Phillies. They were shut out, marking the sixth time they have not scored a run in 29 games this year.

One stat at highlights SF Giants all-or-nothing offense

The Giants have been much better against left-handed pitching in 2026. They are slashing .261/.304/.384 (93 wRC+) in those matchups. Last year, they put up a 78 wRC+ mark, so there has been a notable improvement.

Some of that is being held up by Casey Schmitt (195 wRC+) and Heliot Ramos (143 wRC+). That said, there are a still lot of suboptimal matchups against southpaw pitches.

In that sense, it was not too surprising to see them get shutout by Jesús Luzardo. He is off to a slow start, but has pitched better than his 5.50 ERA would indicate.

It marked the sixth shutout of the year for the Giants' offense. In a vacuum, that might not mean much. However, our own Nathan Hirschi pointed out that the Giants did not tally their sixth shutout until the 58th game of the year in 2025. In exactly half as many games, they have already reached that mark in 2026.

Over the past five years, the most shutouts in a single season were 13. That came in 2023. In three of those years, they were shut out no more than nine times. This includes being shut out just seven times in 2021, when they won 107 games.

The calendar has not turned to May yet, and they are rapidly approaching some recent benchmarks. That is not a ringing endorsement for the offense. 

Though, there have not been many promising indicators on offense. They are hitting for a higher average (.245) and lowered their strikeout rate (21.6 percent) compared to previous seasons, but it has coming at the cost of reaching base and hitting for power. 

This is another one of those signs that the offense has not found its flow yet. They strung together a couple of promising games against the Miami Marlins over the weekend, but hit a brick wall in the first game of the series against the Phillies. This came after Philadelphia made a managerial change.

It also absolves the pitching staff of its performance. Tyler Mahle had another rough outing and the Giants yielded seven runs to drop the first game of the series. It really does not matter if the lineup cannot muster two or three runs across the board.

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