Chris Stratton

The overwhelming thought from the Giants is that Cueto will opt in for the final four years of the six-year, $130 million contract he signed prior to the 2015 season, but if Cueto does decide to opt out, Tuesday might be the last time he pitches at AT&T Park in a Giants’ uniform.

On Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park, the San Francisco Giants committed to honoring their past. Apparently, Pablo Sandoval took that to heart.

For a club with a 57-92 record, there are no shortage of question marks, and for a franchise that’s been built on the foundation of pitching, a potential rebound in 2018 could include a few new faces in the starting rotation, and of course, a revamped bullpen.

Reliable left-handed relievers are hard to come by, and as the Giants collected three World Series trophies in five seasons, they were able to count on the likes of Javier Lopez and Jeremy Affeldt in their bullpen.

This edition of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry featured everything you could possibly imagine. And then it finally featured some baseball.

Against all odds, the National League West rivals will finally resume the first game of their three-game series at 10:50 p.m.

A matchup of squads suffering through late-season futility has raised the stakes. The Giants and Dodgers are each playing for something. But lately, that’s been a kiss of death.

Chris Stratton didn’t join the San Francisco Giants’ rotation until the beginning of August. And as the month comes to a close, no Giants’ starter was better in the month of August than Stratton.

If all according to plan during his Sunday rehab start, right-hander Johnny Cueto will return to the Giants’ rotation in the near future.

The franchise’s first round draft choice back in 2012 has registered back-to-back scoreless outings, which includes a start in which he registered 6.2 innings and 10 strikeouts against the National League East-leading Washington Nationals.