There's no doubt about it: the system is blinking red out on the Golden Coast... and it's only early May.

For the San Francisco Giants , that's been long enough to show that they came into 2026 outmatched and outgunned, as they lost once again on Wednesday to the San Diego Padres, 5-1. They are now 14-23 and trail even the lowly Colorado Rockies in the National League West Division. For a franchise that won three World Series in the 2010s, they are now historically bad; they recently concluded the organization's worst-ever April in its 144 years of existence.

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) May 6, 2026

Adrian Houser took the loss, despite allowing just two runs (one earned) over six-plus innings with three strikeouts. It was an inspired outing by righthander, who entered the game with a 7.12 ERA - one of the worst in all of Major League Baseball.…