At the conclusion of Wednesday’s game, the third of four against the visiting Chicago Cubs, the San Francisco Giants will have played half their season. They could have anywhere from 36-39 wins and 42-45 losses. In terms of a series preview, it’s tough to add to the one I posted literally seven days ago. The Cubs took that series but then lost to the Mets.
This is still a battle of two teams scratching and clawing to reach the tier of mediocrity.
I’m not going to tell you that “Actually, it’s good the Giants went 1-5 on their latest road trip” or that “everything will be fine in the second half because 1) the team gets Cy Young reinforcements and 2) that’s when the games actually matter,” and I’m not going to tell you that there’s much that’s encouraging as we survey the present team.