San Francisco Giants: A Month By Month Analysis of the 2017 Schedule

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Aug 25, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Moore (45) reacts after giving up a single to Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager (5) in the ninth inning of the game at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /

May Schedule Breakdown:

Significant Home-stand: May 26th-30th; three vs. Atlanta, three vs. Washington

This home-stand figures to be more difficult than the other. Cincinnati and the Dodgers are the other one. While the Dodgers will be tough, Cincinnati most likely won’t be competitive next year, and would be significantly weaker than the last time they faced the Giants. The prospect of Atlanta being good next year is way higher than the Reds being good, and the Nationals should be expected to be in the postseason conversation again in ’17.

Significant Road-trip: May 1st-10th; three at Dodgers, three at Reds, three at Mets

The first road trip more than six games, and significant travel will make this a tough one. They go from Los Angeles>Cincinnati>New York>San Francisco In the span of 11 days, including a trip home from New York, and home game the next night. I don’t care how used to traveling these guys are, that’s a relatively brutal travel setup.

Overall, May is easily the hardest month on the schedule. At the end of this article, we’ll look at the Giants strength of schedule by month, and you’ll see how difficult May will be. The Dodgers twice, Chicago on the Road, including every NL Playoff team from 2016. May will be the test of the mettle. After that the schedule strength evens out. But May is by far the toughest month on the schedule from an opponent’s strength standpoint.