SAN FRANCISCO — After weeks of holding out hope that Matt Chapman could return to the lineup, the Giants are now preparing to help him through the rehab process. Chapman will travel to Philadelphia to meet with Dr. William Meyers and get a second opinion on his injured abdomen, but he said Friday that he’s “pretty sure” he’ll be having surgery on Tuesday. That has been the evaluation of the Giants’ team doctors, and Chapman likely will get the same diagnosis from Dr. Meyers. Matt Chapman is flying to Philadelphia to see a specialist on Sunday and expects to have season-ending surgery on Tuesday. He has a hernia, had been playing through it most of the season.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 7, 2026 Chapman hasn’t played since June 30, and his progression back toward big league games was shut down last weekend because he felt discomfort while running. He said he has a hernia and also a muscle tear on the right side of his abdomen — issues he had been playing through.
“It’s nice to know (what’s wrong),” he said. “But it sucks because it...