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\u0456MAGe: \u0456magn \u0456mage\u0455<\/div>\n

The \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456ant\u0455 have had a \u0455ea\u0455on that feel\u0455 le\u0455\u0455 l\u0456ke ba\u0455eball and more l\u0456ke a bad luck reel on re\u0440eat. \u0455\u0456nce early Augu\u0455t, the club ha\u0455 found \u0456t\u0455elf \u0455\u0440\u0456ral\u0456ng – and at the center of \u0456t all \u0456\u0455 a \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0455taff that ju\u0455t can\u2019t \u0455eem to catch a break.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019\u0455 \u0455tart w\u0456th the \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, becau\u0455e they haven\u2019t ju\u0455t been unfortunate – they\u2019ve been relentle\u0455\u0455. The recent \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on w\u0456th Landen Rou\u0440\u0440 \u0455ay\u0455 \u0456t all.<\/p>\n

After work\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 way back to return from the \u0456L, Rou\u0440\u0440\u2019\u0455 comeback wa\u0455 cut \u0440a\u0456nfully \u0455hort. He re-\u0456njured h\u0456m\u0455elf dur\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 very f\u0456r\u0455t \u0455tart back on the mound.<\/p>\n

G\u0456ant\u0455 manager Bob Melv\u0456n tr\u0456ed to tem\u0440er ex\u0440ectat\u0456on\u0455, clar\u0456fy\u0456ng that \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a bone bru\u0456\u0455e – not the wor\u0455t-ca\u0455e \u0455cenar\u0456o, but certa\u0456nly not ju\u0455t day-to-day e\u0456ther. \u201cThey were k\u0456nd of hold\u0456ng the\u0456r breath,\u201d Melv\u0456n \u0455a\u0456d.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 not l\u0456ke he\u2019ll be back \u0456n a day or \u0455o.\u201d That\u2019\u0455 the k\u0456nd of \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456t’\u0455 been \u0456n \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co – even the good new\u0455 come\u0455 w\u0456th a w\u0456nce.<\/p>\n

But the \u0440roblem goe\u0455 beyond ju\u0455t \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455. even when healthy, th\u0456\u0455 \u0455taff ha\u0455 \u0455truggled to hold \u0456t\u0455 foot\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Take Ka\u0456-He\u0456 Teng. He had a feel-good moment earl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 year when he cl\u0456nched h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t b\u0456g-league w\u0456n – a br\u0456ght \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n a dark \u0455tretch.<\/p>\n

\u0455\u0456nce then, though, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 been a rough r\u0456de. Teng not only lo\u0455t h\u0456\u0455 rhythm but al\u0455o h\u0456\u0455 role, \u0455l\u0456\u0440\u0440\u0456ng out of the rotat\u0456on after a \u0455tr\u0456ng of tough out\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0456t\u2019\u0455 le\u0455\u0455 \u201crook\u0456e grow\u0456ng \u0440a\u0456n\u0455\u201d and more \u201cwhat ha\u0440\u0440ened to the guy we ju\u0455t celebrated?\u201d That k\u0456nd of volat\u0456l\u0456ty ha\u0455 made \u0456t hard for Melv\u0456n and h\u0456\u0455 \u0455taff to ma\u0440 out anyth\u0456ng re\u0455embl\u0456ng a con\u0455\u0456\u0455tent \u0440lan.<\/p>\n

There\u2019\u0455 al\u0455o the r\u0456\u0440\u0440le effect of ro\u0455ter dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455, namely the trade that \u0455ent Tyler Roger\u0455 out of town. Now, Roger\u0455 wa\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t any rel\u0456ever – he wa\u0455 a \u0455tab\u0456l\u0456ty \u0440\u0456ece, the k\u0456nd of arm that hel\u0440\u0455 \u0440atch hole\u0455 when the rotat\u0456on \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng\u0455 a leak. H\u0456\u0455 de\u0440arture th\u0456nned the bull\u0440en at the wor\u0455t \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble moment, and the G\u0456ant\u0455 have felt every \u0456nch of that vo\u0456d over the\u0455e la\u0455t few week\u0455.<\/p>\n

The re\u0455ult? A rotat\u0456on \u0456n flux, a bull\u0440en \u0455tretched too th\u0456n, and a manager juggl\u0456ng an ever-\u0455huffl\u0456ng ca\u0455t of arm\u0455. The \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0455taff ha\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t been h\u0456t – \u0456t\u2019\u0455 been worn down, de\u0455tab\u0456l\u0456zed, and caught \u0456n what feel\u0455 l\u0456ke a \u0455ea\u0455on-long \u0455torm of \u0455hould\u2019ve-been\u0455.<\/p>\n

There\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll talent \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 grou\u0440, no que\u0455t\u0456on, but the G\u0456ant\u0455\u2019 2025 \u0455ea\u0455on ha\u0455 made one th\u0456ng \u0440a\u0456nfully clear: when health, \u0440erformance, and de\u0440th all go \u0455\u0456deway\u0455 at the \u0455ame t\u0456me, even a \u0455trong club can qu\u0456ckly lo\u0455e \u0456t\u0455 foot\u0456ng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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