having tailed bumgarner since like his 3rd start (and will big against him today), it seems that the scouts have fig'd something out with him. he's also up to 149IP this year, so his last two starts and all going forward will be career high in innings. he's a fastball/slider (62%+20%=82%) guy, which means his innings are more stressful than a guy like gavin floyd who throws 20% curveballs, 10% changeups, 60% fastballs+6% sliders.
latos since all-star break and "15-day DL"... 23IP, 26K, 11bb, 5ER including 6 shutout innings AT arizona. not like he needed a break. dude misses bats, and the giants are K'g at a not good 7/9ip. season-long WHIP of .99... just sick.
to the "due" argument... san fran's won 1 of 9 v SD this year. sure, they're due, but SD's the better team.
giants v latos:
Huff 0-9, Sandoval 3-9 2k, Uribe 1-9 1k, Schierholtz 1-8, rowand 1-7 3k, renteria 0-3, torres 1-3, velez 1-3.... all of them, 0 extra base hits.
i wouldn't worry about the pads bullpen, they have arms. the giants' pen isn't rested either, they've worked 38ip last 10 games.
Pads available bullpen:
Pitchers Rest G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Tim Stauffer (R) 6 18 35.2 26 4 3 1 8 26 0.76 0.95 55:21
Edward Mujica (R) 5 44 52.1 41 21 20 12 5 56 3.44 0.88 53:41