SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants traded three of their five longest-tenured players at last week's deadline, but they didn't necessarily view it as fully raising the white flag.

They remain on the fringes of the playoff race -- FanGraphs gives them about an eight percent chance of making it -- and they have two series left against a San Diego Padres team they're trying to chase down. If they can keep playing the way they did over the weekend in New York, they can certainly remain in the mix.

Another brief slip, though, would make the climb too steep and lead to real conversations about how best to handle September. And even if the Giants stay within range of the final Wild Card spot, at some point, they'll have to take a different approach.

"We'll probably get some different looks at some

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