NL West: Robbie Ray nearing his Giants debut

San Francisco Giants

The Giants have almost a full rotation worth of SPs poised to return from the IL over the next few weeks. Sitting in sixth place in the NL wild card race—but just 2.5 games behind the Padres for the third spot—the Giants are still in position to compete for a playoff entry. A strong performance from their starting pitchers will be a key to their second half fortunes.

LHP Blake Snell was the first to return and was activated on Tuesday, July 9 to face the Blue Jays. He had his best outing of the year, giving up just 1 H and 0 ER, with 3 BB and 3 K over 5 IP. Prior to this outing, Snell’s time with the Giants since signing a one-year, $32M contract in March had been marked by two stints on the IL and six...

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