Don’t look now, but the Giants are playing like one of the best teams in baseball. Their nine-game winning streak has them at 41-32, the fourth-best record in the National League, and there’s some reason to think they’re for real. Their +52 run differential — helped out by a 15-0 beatdown of the Dodgers over the weekend — is the fourth best in all of baseball.
After a sleepy start, calling up the kids has the Giants well-positioned for an electric summer. FanGraphs has them at 69.2% odds to make the playoffs, although other projection systems are less bubbly.