Giants-Guardians Series Preview: Counterpoint

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesThe San Francisco Giants just swept a bad team I said they were a lot closer to than we wanted to admit but this time I really mean it. The Rockies are a weird bad team with no direction or hope. The Cleveland Guardians are a bad team that roughly follows the same general principles as the Giants — they just don’t have similar results.

Also, the Giants have more financial resources; but, the Guardians play in a weaker division. That might be what compounds the Guardians’ struggles: they don’t have to shoot for the moon and hope that even in failure they land among the stars. They’re in the AL Central. They could aim for the top of the refrigerator, and…