[BostonCard]

Perhaps because both marks are improving, ownership and personnel can come to an agreement that if they can't sell - so they can maybe play meaningful games in September - they also won't buy, to preserve their younger assets?

They have younger assets to preserve?  I admittedly don't follow closely, but the image I got from reading these threads was that the farm club cupboard was pretty bare.

Generally the run differential (or the pythagorean) is a better indicator of long-term wins losses than current record.  The differential would suggest that the Giants have been "lucky" and that a reasonable expectation is that their record will revert.  However, if one were an optimist and wanted to believe that there was a chance at the playoffs, it would be on the thinking that recent performance will project through the end of the year better than early season performance.  Probably wishful thinking, but you never know.  

BC

[BostonCard]

Perhaps because both marks are improving, ownership and personnel can come to an agreement that if they can't sell - so they can maybe play meaningful games in September - they also won't buy, to preserve their younger assets?

They have younger assets to preserve?  I admittedly don't follow closely, but the image I got from reading these threads was that the farm club cupboard was pretty bare.

Generally the run differential (or the pythagorean) is a better indicator of long-term wins losses than current record.  The differential would suggest that the Giants have been "lucky" and that a reasonable expectation is that their record will revert.  However, if one were an optimist and wanted to believe that there was a chance at the playoffs, it would be on the thinking that recent performance will project through the end of the year better than early season performance.  Probably wishful thinking, but you never know.  

BC