San Francisco Giants News

During the A’s 8-5 win over the Giants on Monday, a security guard at the Oakland Coliseum got into an altercation with a female fan.

Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto was pulled from his rehab start Monday in San Jose after just 34 pitches, despite being slotted to throw around 70 pitches in his rehab assignment. Cueto has dealt with blisters that have hampered him throughout this season, but a new injury seemed to present itself Monday with Giants manager Bruce Bochy saying the two-time All-Star left the game early after complaining of tightness in his right forearm. Cueto will be evaluated by team doctors on Tuesday.

In the A’s 8-5 win on Monday’s Bay Bridge Series opener, the Giants were burned by balls. Eight of them, to be exact.

“This is the team that I said I gotta focus on and this is the team that we’re moving forward with. So, am I surprised? No. I didn’t ever hear of something being close, and I felt all along that this would be the club. I knew there sure was a lot of rumors about Nunez, and sure enough that happened, but as far as the rest of the guys, I didn’t know of anything that was close.”

Sandoval is set to play his seventh game in as many days for the River Cats on Monday night and will bat second while playing third base. Speaking to reporters ahead of Monday’s series opener against the A’s, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy praised Sandoval’s performance and attitude thus far in the minors, possibly foreshadowing a call up in the not-too-distant future.

Over the past decade, the San Francisco Giants have used the July 31 trade deadline to add to an already established core, and supplement near-complete rosters that could use an extra push to make a deep playoff run.

The San Francisco Giants are coming off a three-game sweep against the Dodgers, but at least temporarily, things are looking up. That’s because the Giants’ lineup won’t have to contend with former Oakland A’s ace Sonny Gray, who was scheduled to face San Francisco on Monday evening at the Coliseum.

With the trade deadline less than two hours away, it remains unclear if the Giants are going to move any big names in exchange for the prospects that they sorely need. What is clear is that at least one everyday player has been discussed in the lead-up to the deadline.

After Bumgarner’s performance Sunday night, Mike Krukow believes there’s no doubt that the Giants’ ace is back to form.

The Giants won’t be able to turn things around until they get back into the habit of developing top-tier homegrown talent, according to former Rockies general manager and MLB Network analyst Dan O’Dowd, who joined PCon and Lund Monday morning.