San Francisco Giants

SFG: San Francisco Giants Power Rankings: Week 5
May 2, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants outfielders left fielder Nori Aoki (23) and right fielder Justin Maxwell (43) and center fielder Angel Pagan (16) celebrate their 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports.

May 2, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants outfielders left fielder Nori Aoki (23) and right fielder Justin Maxwell (43) and center fielder Angel Pagan (16) celebrate their 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports.

After pulling off a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, the San Francisco Giants have now gone 8-3 in their last 11 games and currently have a 12-13 overall record. The Giants still have some injuries and other concerns to overcome, but they have certainly started to pick things up since starting the season 4-10.

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SFG: San Francisco Giants Injury Updates: Peavy, Cain, Pence, Ishikawa
April 17, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jake Peavy (22) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park. The Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 9-0. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

April 17, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jake Peavy (22) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park. The Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 9-0. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

The San Francisco Giants started off the 2015 season on a dismal note with several players injured. After starting off the season 4-10, the Giants have started to play better baseball and now have an 11-13 record, which is currently fourth in the National League West. In addition to the higher level of play, the Giants are also expecting some of their injured players to return the field in the near future.

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SFG: San Francisco Giants Mailbag: McGehee, Maxwell, Lincecum
Apr 21, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants celebrate their 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports

Apr 21, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants celebrate their 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports

The San Francisco Giants currently have an 8-12 record, which is currently the worst in the National League West, but is steadily improving, as they went 4-1 last week. The Giants are still dealing with some injuries to key players, but they’re slowly getting healthier and starting to come together on the field.

In this week’s Giants Mailbag post, we will discuss Casey McGehee’s slump, if Justin Maxwell can continue his current rate of production (on both offense and defense), and if Tim Lincecum’s success so far is for real or not.

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SFG: San Francisco Giants Power Rankings: Week 4
Apr 23, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants right fielder Justin Maxwell (no hat) is mobbed by his teammates after hitting a sacrifice fly ball scoring center fielder Angel Pagan (not pictured) in the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports. Giants win 3-2.

Apr 23, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants right fielder Justin Maxwell (no hat) is mobbed by his teammates after hitting a sacrifice fly ball scoring center fielder Angel Pagan (not pictured) in the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports. Giants win 3-2.

After a dismal week in the power rankings last week, the San Francisco Giants bounced back and went 4-1 in their games last week, including a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants still have a long way to go to make up for their 8-11 record, which is in last place in the National League West, but last week was a good start.

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SFG: San Francisco Giants Injury Updates: Cain, Pence
Apr 9, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence (8) in the dugout during the third inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

Apr 9, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence (8) in the dugout during the third inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

The San Francisco Giants have started off the 2015 season with two key players injured: Hunter Pence and Matt Cain. The Giants have gone 7-11 without them so far, which ranks last in the National League West. They are 3-1 in their last four games though.

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SFG: Is Matt Duffy Making Joaquin Arias Expendable?
Apr 11, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants third baseman Joaquin Arias (13) is congratulated by second baseman Matt Duffy (50) after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

Apr 11, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants third baseman Joaquin Arias (13) is congratulated by second baseman Matt Duffy (50) after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

Matt Duffy is a name that not many San Francisco Giants fans knew about at the beginning of last season. He began the 2014 season with the Giants’ Double-A affiliate, the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Duffy was then called up and played in his first Major League game on August 1st, 2014, when the Giants were in desperate need of a spark and some help at the second base position.

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