Michael Morse

It seems a breakup between Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants was a long coming.

Former Giants infielder and current Minnesota Twins’ infielder Ehire Adrianza actually gave the club a report on Engelb Vielma.

Even after a hamstring injury curtailed his efforts to make the Major League club in Spring Training, San Francisco convinced Michael Morse to continue playing, and eventually, the outfielder and first baseman rejoined the team in late April.

Nearly a month after the brawl sparked by Hunter Strickland beaning Bryce Harper, Michael Morse is still facing lingering concussion symptoms.

It’s been nearly two weeks since Giants’ reliever Hunter Strickland pelted Nationals’ star Bryce Harper with a 98-mile per hour that led to a brawl between the two sides. Though Strickland will have his appeal hearing on Tuesday, there’s another Giants’ player who doesn’t have closure from the May 31 showdown.

It’s been over a week since Michael Morse was placed on the seven-day concussion list, but the San Francisco Giants don’t expect Morse back in the immediate future. Aside from sustaining a concussion during the May 31 brawl featuring Giants’ reliever Hunter Strickland and Nationals’ star Bryce Harper, Bruce Bochy told reporters Morse also injured his ribs after colliding with Giants’ pitcher Jeff Samardzija.

SAN FRANCISCO – While neither Bryce Harper nor Hunter Strickland were injured in their skirmish Monday, there was a casualty on a field in Giants’ first-baseman Michael Morse.

The Bay Area has had a plethora of superstars and hall of fame players represent its professional teams, but most of those players spent many years with the franchise that made them great. What about those guys who started their careers somewhere else, and then came to the Bay Area for several years and were instant hits with Northern California fans.

Desperate for outfield help, the Giants are in the process of calling up fan favorite Michael Morse from Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats sources are telling Alex Pavlovic of NBCSports Bay Area.

With spring training more than halfway over, frontrunners are beginning to emerge when it comes to which camp invitees have a legitimate shot to make the regular season roster.