"Has Jonathan Sanchez thrown his last pitch as a Giant?

Manager Bruce Bochy stopped short of making that pronouncement Sunday, but he left open the possibility that the erratic left-hander would not make it back this season because of his sprained left ankle.

"The way he's going, it's going to be a close call between he and Buster," said Bochy, comparing Sanchez to catcher Buster Posey, who is out for the year. "These sprains are so hard to read. ... The longer this goes with him not throwing, you start to get concerned whether he'll be ready."

Sanchez is eligible for arbitration and cannot receive a pay cut of more than 20 percent from his $4.8 million salary if he and the team go through that process."