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San Francisco Giants: 6 things to know about the 2020 schedule

By James Carroll

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 31: Mike Yastrzemski #5, Kevin Pillar #1, and Austin Slater #53 of the San Francisco Giants celebrate after the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on July 31, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Giants defeated the Phillies 5-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 31: Mike Yastrzemski #5, Kevin Pillar #1, and Austin Slater #53 of the San Francisco Giants celebrate after the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on July 31, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Giants defeated the Phillies 5-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 30: Jordy Mercer #7 and Victor Reyes #22 of the Detroit Tigers can not come up with a ball hit by Andrelton Simmons #2 that drove in Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the fifth inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 30, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images) /

2. The Giants can beat up on the AL Central

For the first time since 2017, the Giants will be taking on the American League Central in interleague play. Two seasons ago when that was the case, the Giants went an unimpressive 8-12 against the AL Central.

But things should be a little different this time around.

The AL Central has not been one of the better divisions in baseball and is absolutely the weakest division in the American League. It contains three teams that haven’t been good in 2019 and don’t have much of a shot to be a lot better next season either.

The White Sox have some flashy young names but have also struck out hard on key free agents like Bryce Harper and Manny Machado which has limited the Sox to the role of basement dwellers of their division.

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The Royals are firmly outside of their window of opportunity and are staring at a several-year rebuild. The Tigers are coming to terms with a rapidly-declining Miguel Cabrera and missed opportunities to move formerly-valuable pieces for prospects.

The Giants should have no problem beating up on these teams, especially if they’re halfway attempting to hang around in the wild card hunt.

The two remaining teams, the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians, will likely compete for the division title, but they make up only six of the sixteen interleague games against the AL Central next season.

To break down the schedule, the Giants will be taking on the White Sox and Royals in San Francisco and will hit the road for two series against the Indians and Twins. They will also have a four-game split series against the Tigers, first in San Francisco and then in Detroit.

When the Giants head to Minnesota, it will be their first game ever played at Target Field. Next season will also be the first time that the Giants play at Progressive Field in Cleveland since 2008.

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