The San Francisco Giants are not exactly where they want to be. They’re staring down the barrel of a four-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the best team in the National League. Even if the brilliant occurs and the Giants sweep the Dodgers, they’ll still be 8.5 games behind them in the NL West standings, a year after winning the division.
But in the grand scheme of things, the Giants are in a good place. They’re right in the thick of the postseason fight, and with a strong week and a half out of the All-Star gates, they’ll likely be able to convince Farhan Zaidi and Scott Harris to bring in a few reinforcements for the final stretch.