Jeff Samardzija

On Wednesday, Jeff Samardzija turned in a valiant effort, retiring 13 straight batters between the start of the third inning and the top of the seventh. At one point during that span, “Shark” set down five of eight hitters on strikes, and wound up finishing his afternoon with eight punchouts.

Jeff Samardzija’s had his ups and downs throughout his career, but regardless of where he’s been, the Giants’ right-hander has built a reputation for going deep into ballgames

Though San Diego and San Francisco entered Friday’s game a combined 36 games under .500, scouts from contending ballclubs were on hand to file reports on whether any of the two teams’ assets were worth picking off at the trade deadline. So while a game featuring two teams in a heated battle for fourth-place might not move the needle for many on a mid-summer Friday night, the pitching matchup between Trevor Cahill and Jeff Samardzija, a pair of trade candidates, kept the game in the news cycle.

How desirable is playing for the San Francisco Giants? Even in what will go down as one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history, the Giants’ potential trade chips are proving through their play that remaining in San Francisco is still attractive.

It’s unclear whether or not the Giants are trying to move Jeff Samardzija before the upcoming trade deadline, but there appears to be at least one team interested.

You can point to any number of miscues from the Giants’ contest against the Marlins on Saturday evening as the reason San Francisco lost. Starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija chose his first inning struggles.

On a night in which the Los Angeles Dodgers won their 60th contest of the regular season, the team that was expected to provide their greatest foil in the race for the National League West crown played another meaningless game. Since starting the year with a 9-17 mark in the month of April, the San Francisco Giants have actually found a way to regress, as the club dropped its 55th game of the season on Saturday evening, a 5-4 defeat at the hands of the lowly Miami Marlins.

With one series standing in between the San Francisco Giants and the All-Star break, casual observers have every reason to believe the organization is on the verge of a fire sale. After dropping two out of three games in Detroit against the Tigers, Bruce Bochy’s ballclub returns home for a three-game set against the Marlins sitting 19 games under .500, 23.5 games back of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and with a farm system that needs replenishing.

After Sunday’s come from behind victory, Mike Krukow joined Murph and Mac Monday to discuss Jeff Samardzija’s recent success.

The Giants put nine runs on the scoreboard on Monday night, but all Jeff Samardzija wanted to talk about what his defense. Even though the “Shark” came into his start against the Colorado Rockies with the third-lowest run support average (3.19) in the Major Leagues this season, Samardzija was equally inspired by his team’s defensive performance as he was by the Giants’ lineup’s offensive explosion.