The Giants have been without Madison Bumgarner all season, after the ace broke the pinkie on his throwing hand during his final tune-up start in spring training. The good news is that Bumgarner is now expected to begin throwing off a mound next week, putting most estimations for his return around early June.
After the Giants’ latest version of offensive pyrotechnics on Tuesday — featuring the stylings of a Brandon Belt check-swing infield single to avoid a no-hitter — the team fell to six wins, ten losses.
After losing 98 games in 2017, the Giants are off to an inauspicious start in 2018. With their top three pitchers all out due to injury, San Francisco is currently sitting at 6-9 through 15 games.
It was the perfect irony only baseball could bring you. On his final start of the spring, just as the Giants had nearly finalized their starting rotation, ace Madison Bumgarner took a come-backer off the hand and broke his pinky.