The San Francisco Giants head into the MLB trade deadline as buyers with clear needs. President of baseball operations Buster Posey is an unknown since he hasn'

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will break a National League West deadlock on Saturday night, when they play the second in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

Casey Schmitt hit a grand slam off Yoshinobu Yamamoto and starting pitcher Logan Webb dominated over seven innings as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Ange

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. San Francisco Giants fans are certainly doing their part to maintain the intensity of the team’s NL West rivalries.

Starting Friday night, the Giants will start a three-game set with the Dodgers, with first place in the National League West on the line. Yes, we’re not even halfway through the baseball season — have you even put in an All-Star ballot yet? — but did anyone expect the Giants to be in such a position last October? What about in January?

Magic was drifting in off the San Francisco Bay 13 years ago. On June 13, 2012, right-handed pitcher Matt Cain took the mound for the Giants. And 27 batters later, he was embracing catcher Buster Posey after throwing a perfect game.