Matt Moore

This was not the way Matt Moore was supposed to finish the season. And according to Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy, it won’t be the way he concludes the year.

While Arizona has staged a historic turnaround after finishing 20 games below .500 a season ago, the difference in this year’s Giants team from the one that won a wildcard spot a season ago is even more dramatic.

Matt Moore was prepared to enter the offseason with his future in jeopardy, but last week, the 28-year-old left-hander learned that the Giants planned to pick up his $9 million option and pencil him into the rotation for the 2018 season.

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.

Matt Moore’s agent called him on Saturday morning, but the left-hander didn’t pick up the phone. It didn’t take long for Moore to call him back, though.

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.

After another rough outing, Matt Moore picked up his 14th loss of the season.

Yu Darvish stifled a lackluster Giants lineup and the Dodgers rolled past the Giants for the second night in a row to win the series at AT&T Park.

In a battle of two teams still within striking distance of earning the No. 1 pick in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, a series of wild and wacky events helped San Francisco pull out a win against the American League’s worst team.

Mike Krukow joined Murph & Mac Friday saying that exercising Matt Moore’s team option at the end of the year is a no-brainer for the Giants.