Giants give Bay high hopes

The small-budget Oakland Athletics are baseball’s best team at the break in a division featuring some of the sport’s highest-paid stars.

The San Francisco Giants are right in the chase for the NL West title despite recent stumbles.

They’ve had the opportunity over the years to have some really fun teams to watch, World Series-caliber teams every year.

“They’ve done a great job of stacking this team and this organization with guys who can get the job done at this level,” Oakland right fielder Josh Reddick said.

The Giants, winners of the 2010 and ’12 World Series, missed the playoffs last year and hope they can get back on a roll like the team across the bay.

“It’s difficult to not only win a World Series, win two out of four, and be in the position they’re in right now.

Center fielder Angel Pagan and second baseman Marco Scutaro come back from injuries to give San Francisco the roster it envisioned.