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Sandoval, who last played in the majors in 2021, said he’d be willing to go to the minors, but it seems it won’t be with the Giants. He got his sendoff Tuesday in San Francisco, when he singled in the second of his two at-bats.

Imanaga did deal with some traffic, as he walked three and gave up five hits. Outside of a two-run homer to the ever-so-underrated Brent Rooker, he kept that contact at bay with those 11 punchouts. That’s a new career-high for the rookie, and it improves his K/BB to 170/28 over his

Yikes. Estes allowed two runs in the first, and then couldn’t get out of the second — and couldn’t get an out in the second — while allowing a four-spot. It’s a disappointing effort from the 22-year-old who has had his fair share of highs and lows. That’s not surprising nor indicting, but just the way it goes for a lot of pitchers of his age and experience. He’ll try and rebound Sunday against the Yankees in his penultimate start.

Buxton drove in two runs with a single off Matthew Boyd in the third inning. He has a home run and four RBI in three games since retiring from a hip injury. Buxton hasn’t had double digit stolen bases in a season in years, but he’s still a good hitter with power when healthy.

With Steven Kwan dealing with body fatigue, Martinez replaced him in the leadoff spot and had three hits. He’s certainly valuable in deeper formats as long as he’s hitting at the top of the order, but he’s just a compiler. Martinez is hitting .258 with only three home runs and three stolen bases in 120 at-bats.

Weathers has missed three months due to a sprained index finger on his pitching hand. He pitched well on his last rehab start, throwing five scoreless innings for Triple-A Jacksonville, but we wouldn’t trust him against the Dodgers in his first start back.

Manzardo’s home run was his third of the year in 118 at-bats. He hit a go-ahead two-run shot off Griffin Jax in the eighth inning. Manzardo is 10-for-36 (.278) with three home runs and five RBI in 13 games since being recalled at the beginning of September. He’s an interesting bat in deeper formats right now.