What’s wrong with SF Giants’ Camilo Doval? A deep look into the closer’s underlying metrics

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants, fresh off sweeping the Rockies, remain on the outskirts of the Wild Card race. They need as much going right as possible if they’re going to have any shot at making the postseason.

And Camilo Doval is not right.

His ERA has shot up from 2.93 last year to 4.39 this year. He’s walking nearly six batters per nine innings, one of the worst marks in all of baseball. He maintains his role as San Francisco’s closer, but he might be one or two more blown saves away from a demotion.