Blake Snell states theres no reason Giants cant make MLB playoffs NBC Sports Bay Area & California [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO — The celebration of the 2014 World Series team over the weekend provided a demoralizing reminder to many who have spent years working for the Giants organization. Since that team grabbed a third title, the Giants haven’t won an MLB playoff series, and they have reached the postseason just twice. 

There have not been a lot of big games, period, at Oracle Park over the last decade, but if the team stays on its current trajectory that could change. On Monday, the Giants got their first taste of what the next seven weeks — and beyond — might look like. 

In some ways, they looked ready for it. In other ways, they did not. 

Blake Snell was more than up to the task against NL Cy Young Award frontrunner Chris Sale and the bullpen hung tough, but the lineup wasn’t able to scratch across the one run necessary to win over the first nine innings, or the run that was needed in …