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What needs to happen for the SF Giants to make the playoffs?

With one week left in the 2020 regular season, the San Francisco Giants, a rebuilding team widely thought to be noncompetitive this year, are somehow squarely in the postseason hunt.

The 27-27 Giants have six games remaining, and playoff odds on ESPN, FanGraphs and FiveThirtyEight all give San Francisco about a 50-50 shot of making the postseason for the first time since 2016. The Giants are a distant third in the NL West behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (39-16) and San Diego Padres (34-21) and can only reach the postseason as the No.