The RPI rankings on ESPN.com are showing something very interesting. For those of you who don't know, RPI is a measurement of a team's strength based on opponent's opponents. Officially:
"The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage, 50% opponents' average winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage."
Based on this ranking system, the Giants are ranked 6th in the Major Leagues. The top 5 teams in order are the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Royals, Cubs, and Tigers, and then our very own Giants follow, ranked right ahead of the Cardinals and Brewers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpi
And of course this is also with our Giants having the fewest runs scored AND fewest runs allowed in the Major Leagues.