Notes from the Giants' games this weekend

• I'll play the optimist first. The Giants scored 4, 4, and 6 runs in their three games against the D-backs over the weekend. That's not a ton of runs for most teams but for the Giants, that's a good start for a lineup that averaged 3.5 runs per game last season.
• Lincecum, Bumgarner, and Cain are not going to pitch this poorly for the rest of the season. Even if they all have off years, these types of starts will not be the norm. (Still, it would be nice if their off days didn't coincide with the offense actually scoring runs.)
• At least the Giants' 0-3 isn't the worst 0-3 in baseball right now (thank you Red Sox).
  
• Welcome back Buster Posey, indeed.
• Sandoval looks to have gained back a good amount of the weight he lost last year but he seems to be a little more patient than he was the last few seasons and he hit well this weekend.
• Also, just so everyone's clear, there have been three games played so far this season. Giants fans would obviously prefer 1-3 more wins at this point but three one-run losses are not anything to go nuts over. That being said...
• The D-backs look like a team that might improve even more this season, instead of regress, which many people (including myself) hinted they might do. They have the best lineup in the NL West and seem like they have a good enough pitching staff to handle the less fearsome lineups of the other four West teams. Like I said, it's only been three games, but I don't see this team going through too many struggles if they stay relatively healthy.
• Matt Cain, you will not be able to dodge criticism as much as you used to if you blow more huge leads like this, and there are 127.5 million reasons why that is the case.
• Same goes for you, Brandon Crawford. Buster Posey has done a little more in his career to get away with a costly error, but not you, especially because defense is supposed to be your biggest strength. 
• Brandon Belt doesn't have very much leash to work with, whether fans think he should or shouldn't. If he doesn't improve in the next couple weeks, he may go back down the Triple-A, and it's never good for a player to be sent down two years in a row, especially one as highly-touted as Belt.
• I love how fans of teams like the Red Sox and Giants are already pushing the panic button one series into the season. It sure is great to have baseball back!