Giants Other Guys

While the Royals have an elite bullpen the back of the Giants' pitching staff may as well be the Other Guys. Rookie Hunter Strickland is their closest to a seventh inning guy but Jeremy Affeldt has served as the bridge no matter what inning he enters. Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla are now the eighth and ninth inning standards although Romo had once been the closer. I'll be looking at how all three did this season, if they pitched against the Royals in August, their September numbers and their performance so far in the playoffs.

RHP Hunter Strickland:
Season/September: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 K, 0.71 WHIP, 1 SV, .200 BAA in 7.0 IP over 9 games
Playoffs: 1-0, 8.31 ERA, 5 K, 1.38 WHIP, 1 SV (1 BS), .294 BAA in 4.1 IP over 4 games

LHP Jeremy Affeldt
Season: 4-2, 2.28 ERA, 41 K, 1.10 WHIP, (3 BS), .229 BAA in 55.1 IP over 62 games
v Royals: 0-0, 10.80 ERA, 0 K, 1.80 WHIP, .429 BAA in 1.2 IP over 2 games
September: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 8 K, 1.20 WHIP, .200 BAA in 6.2 IP over 8 games
Playoffs: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 K, .063 WHIP, .105 BAA in 6.1 IP over 7 games

RHP Sergio Romo
Season: 6-4, 3.72 ERA, 59 K, 0.95 WHIP, 23 SV (5 BS), .203 BAA in 58.0 IP over 64 games
v Royals: 0-0. 0.00 ERA, 1 K, 1.00 WHIP, .250 BAA in 1.0 IP in 1 game
September: 1-1, 2.57 ERA, 6 K, 0.86 WHIP, .231 BAA in 7.0 IP over 9 games
Playoffs: 1-1, 1.93 ERA, 3 K, 0.86 WHIP, .222 BAA in 4.2 IP over 7 games

RHP Santiago Casilla
Season: 3-3, 1.70 ERA, 45 K, 0.86 WHIP, 19 SV (4 BS), .177 BAA in 58.1 IP over 54 games
September: 1-0, 1.13 ERA, 6 K, 0.25 WHIP, 5 SV, .077 BAA in 8.0 IP over 7 games
Playoffs: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 K, 0.75 WHIP, 4 SV, .091 BAA in 6.2 IP over 7 games