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— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) March 23, 2018
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UPDATE: Madison Bumgarner has a fractured hand. He is set to have surgery tomorrow to insert pins in his fractured pinky knuckle. He will have those pins removed in 4-6 weeks, and his time on the DL is not expected to be short. He told reporters he expects to pitch before the All-Star break
Madison Bumgarner has a fractured hand
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) March 23, 2018
Bumgarner having surgery tomorrow to insert pins in fractured pinky knuckle. It will be 4-6 weeks then he has to have pins removed. This is not going to be a short DL stint. But he expects to pitch before the All-Stsr break.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) March 23, 2018
Madison Bumgarner will have pins put in his hand tomorrow, says he hopes to have them taken out in 4-to-6 weeks. Can’t throw with the pins, so he’ll build back up after that. pic.twitter.com/Np3qACuW6v
— Kerry Crowley (@KO_Crowley) March 23, 2018
Original story below.
Spring training is too long.
Less than a week before Opening Day, Madison Bumgarner was forced to exit Friday’s exhibition against Kansas City, after taking a hard comebacker off his throwing hand. Bumgarner reportedly did not waive off the trainer and exited the game immediately.
This comes just a day after Bruce Bochy announced that starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija would begin the season on the disabled list with a pectoral strain.
Bumgarner, 28, missed over three months last season after sustaining a Grade 2 strain of the AC joint in his shoulder in a dirt biking accident on April 21. Bumgarner has been solid in spring training up to this point, posting a 2.84 ERA in 19 innings pitched while striking out 27 in five starts.
