With the Giants’ playoff hopes nearly extinguished, the final week of the regular season is shaping up to be less about the present and more about the future.

Manager AJ Hinch certainly wasn’t saving any bullets. With two on and one out in the sixth inning, he sent up left-handed hitting Jace Jung to pinch-hit for Javier Baez, anticipating that Braves’ manager Brian Snitker would counter with a lefty.

Giants top prospect Bryce Eldridge recorded his first MLB hit, making history in San Francisco's 7-5 loss to the Dodgers.

If it were up to Eddie Murray, baseball might be played a little differently. The Orioles great and Baseball Hall of Famer said during a guest appearance on Saturday night’s Mid-Atlantic Sports Network broadcast that the sport “hasn’t changed for the best” since he last took the field during a 21-year big league career.

Shohei Ohtani launched his 53rd home run to tie for the National League lead, and the Los Angeles Dodgers erased an early four-run deficit in a 7-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants.