Derek Law

When the Texas Rangers designated reliever Sam Dyson for assignment in late May, a small handful of clubs looking to stock their bullpens for a run at the postseason reportedly expressed interest. That’s why it came as a surprise when Dyson landed with the San Francisco Giants, a team that already dropped off the playoff radar in the National League and a team that spent $62 million on a closer this offseason.

Mike Krukow joined The Murph and Mac Show on KNBR Wednesday and said that he wasn’t surprised that the Giants decided to send down reliever Derek Law.

It’s not the first domino to fall, but the Giants’ decision to call up Kyle Crick on Tuesday morning is the latest indication that the momentum is tilting toward a youth movement in San Francisco. After suffering their seventh straight defeat –a lifeless drubbing at the hands of the Atlanta Braves– on Monday evening, the Giants fell 20 games below .500 and 20 games back of the first-place Colorado Rockies in the National League West.

Let the youth movement begin. That’s the statement the Giants’ front office made Tuesday morning as San Francisco called up reliever Kyle Crick, and optioned reliever Derek Law to AAA Sacramento.

It took until June 12, but the Giants finally enjoyed their first home off day of the season in San Francisco. To date, all of the team’s off days have been spent traveling or in a road city, and Monday’s slice of freedom couldn’t have come at a better time.

After blowing an MLB worst 30 saves last season, the San Francisco Giants picked up right where they left off in Sunday’s opener, blowing two saves in the 8th and 9th innings in a 6-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Joe Castellano is an insider on the ground covering the San Francisco Giants and 49ers. He is the host of the Inside China Basin podcast, with updates three times a week during the season, delivering up to date Giants news and information. In the most recent episode of Inside China Basin, Castellano speaks with Giants reliever Derek Law, and starter Matt Moore.

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Derek Law wasn’t at his best on Tuesday, but has a bright future ahead of him.

Rookie Derek Law returns to the Giants bullpen at a time when they need him most.