The Giants are the team of the hour in Major League Baseball

Just over a week ago, the San Francisco Giants were thought to have thrown in the towel for the 2025 campaign, as their forward was running out of steam and injuries were affecting their pitching staff.

After dropping four spots in the race for the National League's best runner-up, it looked like it was all over in the Bay Area. Rafael Devers, acquired from the Boston Red Sox before the trade deadline, was going through the worst period of his career, and the club continued to find strange ways to lose.

However, with long balls and empty benches, the Giants had an excellent series of games in which the team played with passion, something we hadn't seen in a long time.

With a record of ten wins against just one loss in their last eleven games, San Francisco now boasts a 71-69 record. The Giants have overtaken the Cincinnati Reds in the standings. The California team is now just four games behind the New York Mets, with 22 games remaining.

Certainly, time is on the Giants' side, but if they continue to play with fire in their eyes as they have of late, nothing is impossible, especially as the Mets can collapse at any time.

Elsewhere in the National League, the other race to watch is for the West Division title, with the Los Angeles Dodgers just two games ahead of the San Diego Padres.

The team that doesn't finish first in its section should end up as the second team drafted behind the Chicago Cubs, and will probably have to face them in the Wild Card round.

An excellent end to the season in sight.

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