After the loss of Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale gave Tolbert & Lund his best case scenario for the Giants to remain in contention while their starting pitchers are on the disabled list.
It wasn’t long ago that Madison Bumgarner made a speedy recovery from a serious injury. Because of that, Henry Schulman told Gary & Larry that it’s not impossible for Bumgarner to do the same with his current injury.
With Madison Bumgarner likely out for at least a couple months with a broken left hand, the Giants will need a number of young pitchers to pick up the slack.
With Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija both expected to miss at least the first month of the season with late-spring injuries, the Giants are left to change their strategy for 2018.