By any reasonable account, the San Francisco Giants are playing good baseball.
This past weekend’s series loss in Cleveland notwithstanding, the Giants have won series against the Cubs, Braves, and even the Dodgers in recent weeks, putting the squad within a series of a .500 record.
What this nice stretch has not done is put the Giants any closer to a wild-card berth.
This team is still treading water — San Francisco was 3.5 games back of that third National League wild-card spot as of Monday morning ...