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Thursday night marked the start of a crucial four-game series between the Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks, which started with a crucial 3-1 win by the Giants.

But two years removed from his fantastic first season with the Giants, Cueto has struggled with injuries, culminating with Tommy John surgery.

The big, bad news for the Giants today is the loss of Pablo Sandoval with season-ending hamstring surgery. But there is also positive injury news.

When Pablo Sandoval spoke to the media after what appeared to be a right hamstring strain July 29 in an 8-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, he was upbeat.

Giants general manager Bobby Evans joined Gary & Larry on KNBR Thursday morning, and confirmed that teams inquired about the availability of Madison Bumgarner and other big names before the trade deadline.

The hype train really got rolling after NFL Films published video of a mic’d up Garoppolo running a game winning two minute drill against the Tennessee Titans in Week 15.

For the third week in a row Tom is rocking a deep cut from his closet.

The San Francisco Giants could be without Johnny Cueto for a long time. The $130 million man will undergo Tommy John surgery on Thursday, knocking him out for the remainder of 2018, and possibly all of next season.

Rodriguez, 26, spent seven years in the Twins organization before signing as a free agent with the Giants in November of last year. Interestingly, it was a conversation with Pablo Sandoval that convinced Rodriguez to come out west.

Dereck Rodriguez is used to hearing about his dad. His father, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is a Hall of Fame catcher.