In the firmest voice he uses in public, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said during batting practice Friday, "We have not stopped playing. Nobody here is saying the season is over."
That includes relief pitcher Mark Melancon, who will continue to pitch despite acknowledging for the first time that he is weighing surgery to repair the forearm-muscle injury that has plagued him since spring training.
Melancon reiterated that the ligament is intact, and team doctors have told the staff that the 32-year-old reliever is able to throw without risking a more significant injury.
"If we thought that, we would not let him pitch," Bochy said.