A lot went right on this meter compared to last week. Jonah Tong righted the ship. A green arrow has appeared next to Ryan Helsley’s name. The Holmes/Manaea piggyback experiment was successful. But sadly, it wasn’t enough.

We’ll start with Jonah Tong, who is the comeback kid this week and one of the bright spots on this meter. He pitched in the rubber game against the Padres on Thursday and earned the win to even his record to 2-2. He gave up just one unearned run over five innings of work, striking out a whopping eight Padres hitters and walking none. Yeah, I’d say that qualifies as a bounce back outing.

The pitcher who provided comfort to Tong in his moment of need had a bounce back week too. Sean Manaea earned the win in Tuesday’s game for pitching the final five innings of the game i

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