Friends, we gather here today to mourn the passing of the "Break-Even Ball" era of the San Francisco Giants. It lasted the better part of a decade, a disenfranchising malaise of sound financial decisions and bore-inducing transactions designed to make the most fiscal sense for Giants ownership at the expense of the on-field product.

Adames wasn't in the lineup for the first time this season — a head-clearing break — in San Francisco's 4-3 win over Atlanta.

Adames went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-2 win over the Dodgers.

Willy Adames wanted to play all 162 games this season after signing a seven-year, $182 million deal with the San Francisco Giants before this season, but he’s getting at least one day off, it turns out.

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