Giants’ Blade Tidwell Exits Start With Elbow Discomfort

By Anthony Franco | at September 21, 2026 11:53pm CDT The Giants are dealing with yet another injury. Blade Tidwell made an early exit from tonight’s 5-2 victory over Minnesota. Manager Tony Vitello told reporters postgame that the right-hander felt elbow discomfort and will go for further testing on Tuesday (via Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area and Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle). Tidwell was out to a nice start this evening, with a Brooks Lee solo homer his only blemish across 3 1/3 innings. He spiked a breaking ball to Ryan Jeffers in the top of…