Mike Krukow criticizes Giants for abysmal stretch vs. Marlins, White Sox originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow is calling out the team after their abysmal stretch against the Miami Marlins and Chicago White Sox.

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“When you become soloists because you’re trying to turn around the storm by yourself, it lingers. But it affects the other part of your game,” Krukow told KNBR’s Brian Murphy and F.P. Santangelo on Monday’s “Murph and Markus” show (h/t SF Gate’s Alex Simon). “This team is losing because it’s got its head so far up its rear end right now. The basepaths are ridiculous, the mistakes they’re making. We’re seeing pitchers balk in the middle of the motion. What is that all about?”

Krukow rightfully is upset, considering San Francisco went 1-5 against two of the 2025 MLB season’s worst teams while riddled with timely errors, questionable decision-making and poor production overall.

Giants reliever Ryan Walker committed two balks against the White Sox, and San Francisco utility player Brett Wisely was picked off twice — simply unaffordable errors that put bows on frustrating, winnable losses.

“It is just [an] epidemic. Their minds are not on the game,” Krukow added. “They’re thinking about their at-bats when they’re in the field. When they come out of the bullpen, they’re putting so much pressure on themselves to try and get this thing done. They’re trying to be perfect. They’re throwing their strikeout pitches first in the at-bat. They’re falling behind in the count. It’s just all crumbling. It’s all crumbling down.”

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Ouch.

Krukow, though, offered harsh advice.

“They have to pull their brain and they’ve got to divide it properly among the things that happen in this game,” Krukow said. “They have to concentrate on hitting, and when you’re not at bat, you have to be able to concentrate on defense. And when you’re on the bases, you have to concentrate on the bases.

“Right now, it’s just bad. But it can get a whole lot better, that’s the good news.”

The Giants have to turn the ship around quickly.

Losses loom larger in the crowded NL West; it was roughly two weeks ago when San Francisco and the Los Angeles Dodgers were tied for the division lead during their first series meeting of the 2025 season.

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Now, at 7.5 games behind the Dodgers, it’s time for the Giants to “pull their brain,” as Krukow said.

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