SAN DIEGO -- The description that Giants manager Bob Melvin gave Thursday morning was about the last one you want to hear during a season.

"We've got a full MRI tube," he said.

Landen Roupp is headed back to San Francisco to get an MRI on his left knee , but he won't be alone. Right-handed prospect Blade Tidwell will also get an MRI on Thursday afternoon after he felt shoulder discomfort. The Giants are hopeful on both, but also realistic. There's a good chance that both young right-handers have thrown their final pitch of the 2025 season.

Landen Roupp was carted off the field after sustaining an apparent left knee injury on this play pic.twitter.com/AloB7aGKhx — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 21, 2025

Tidwell's injury was horribly timed, as he appeared next in line to joi

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