Angel Pagan prides himself as the Giants' new leadoff hitter. The No.1 man. So allow him to be the first to make a bold statement aboutthe 2012 Giants in the National LeagueWest: "I'm very, very confident that this is the team to beat," Pagansaid. Coming off their worst offensive season in the Third and Kingera, the Giants finished eight games behinddivision-champion Arizona in 2011 because their bats werelight-years behind their arms.