As part of its new multi-year agreement with broadcast partner KNBR 680, the Giants will become the first team in Major League Baseball to offer free, in-market live streaming of its radio broadcasts.
Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow shed some light on the pectoral issue, tracing it back to Samardzija’s inability to establish his fastball in spring training.
On the heels of news that Madison Bumgarner will return to the big league club next week, Giants starter Jeff Samardzija and reliever Dereck Rodriguez both exited Tuesday’s 11-4 loss to the Rockies with injuries.
It will be Bumgarner’s first start of the season, since he broke the pinkie on his throwing hand during the final spring training game. Bumgarner looked dominant in his first rehab start last week with the Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento, striking out eight without giving up a run in 3.2 innings.
“Grades from the Cove” is a weekly San Francisco Giants podcast with Bill Laskey & Ryan Covay, where the guys will review the previous week of Giants baseball and grade out players, positions and decisions as they deem worthy.