The Giants have 48 games to play before they go home for a long winter. None of them is meaningless.
They have a lot of meaning for Ryder Jones, Jarrett Parker, Carlos Moncrief, Carlos Gomez, Chris Stratton, Kyle Crick and other younger players we will see in September. You can add Pablo Sandoval to the list.
All are auditioning for jobs in 2018.
Veteran players are trying to play better so they can go into the winter in a good frame of mind, and also knowing how they can reinforce over their winter work what they need to do next year.