The San Francisco Giants fell to the Washington Nationals on Monday night 4-0, and they are now 3.5 games back in the NL wild-card race. They’ve gone 1-4 in the month of August and 4-6 in their last 10 games.
That’s the bad news. Luckily, there is also some good news.
If the Giants can manage to stay afloat in the wild-card race for the next few weeks, there’s a good chance they’ll be welcoming Johnny Cueto back into the starting rotation for the final month or so of the season.
On Sunday, Cueto made his first rehab start since undergoing Tommy John surgery last July.