Don't Panic

Look, I don't mean to panic. We still have 37 wins, five more than any other team in the league.

But the other teams are gaining on us. And our play is starting to slow down.

Since the Angels series (May 22th-24th), we've only been playing slightly above .500 ball.

We're 8-6 over that span, and the only reason we're over .500 is because we swept the lowly Rockies.

Ultimately, there's some good and some bad.

The Bad: We can't win a series against the Angels and the Cubs, who've really been .500 teams the season. And this first game against the Phillies was unimpressive.

And this is mainly because the offense is prone to spans of not... doing... good.

We went 1-2, scoring only three runs in the first three games of the Cubs series.

We're 2-2 in our four games, with run totals of 2, 6, 1, 0. And that one run we scored in the 1-0 win against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday was kind of a gift run.


The Good: (and the reason not to panic) We're 5-1 against NL West teams in the last couple weeks (the aforementioned Rockies sweep, and a series win against the Diamondbacks).

And we still have an eight game lead on the second place Giants.


So, we're not playing great, but it's not the worst news in the world.

But in case you're still not happy, just remember this. Manny is only about a month away from returning.