Well, here’s some terrible news to sour a nice winning streak. Per Andrew Baggarly:

Disappointing if not entirely surprising news on Giants All-star reliever Randy Rodriguez, who has received two opinions that he should undergo Tommy John surgery (from Giants orthopedist Dr. Ken Akizuki and a concurring opinion from Dr. Keith Meister).

That they’ve already gotten the second opinion shows just how serious this was from the outset. It was bad right away. The only remaining options are a third opinion or perhaps some other procedure as yet unnamed, but that seems like a lot of playing when the fate of most pitchers is to have a Tommy John procedure at least once in his MLB career. The cost of doing business. That it’s happening so soon into his breakout is the true stunner.

For Rodriguez,

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