Giants-Cardinals Preview: Arenado & Goldschmidt lead a potent lineup, BUT...

Perhaps the San Francisco Giants have figured something out after splitting a four-game series against the red-hot Mets or maybe they’re about to be lured into a trap by the St. Louis Cardinals, who roll into Oracle Park for a four-game series with a 9-13 record.

It’s a bit of a stumble out of the gates for a loaded team coming off a 93-win season, and that’s about as far as I’d like to take any sort of horse racing metaphor. The Cardinals and Giants always play each other tough regardless of record and so even though both teams are fourth in their divisions, figure that neither side will give in.