DENVER, CO\u2014Giants’ first-rate pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been placed on the team’s disabled list due to a dirt biking injury he sustained in Denver.<\/p>\n
The 27 year-old left-hander, two-time National League Silver Slugger winner, and\u00a02014 MVP was placed on the team’s 10-day disabled list (DL) after injuring his ribs and shoulders while dirt biking on the Giants’ off day (Thursday) during their three-game series against the Colorado Rockies. Medical practitioners determined that Bumgarner had sustained an AC sprain in his dominant shoulder (left) in addition to\u00a0bruised ribs.<\/p>\n
The Bleacher Report noted that, with Bumgarner sidelined, the team will turn to designated pitchers\u00a0Johnny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija, Matt Moore, and Matt Cain.<\/p>\n
“All of them have the ability to dominate games, but they tend to be inconsistent, unlike Bumgarner,” they contended.<\/p>\n
According to the team’s pitching coach,\u00a0Dave Righetti, Ty Blach will step in for\u00a0Bumgarner on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
This is the first time Bumgarner has been placed on the DL throughout his nine-year MLB career, during which he has attained a 2.99 ERA, 100 wins, 70 losses, and, on average, has a performance of 30.0 wins above replacement and 221 innings per year.<\/p>\n
Bumgarner is reportedly out of the hospital, resting in the team’s hotel room and will be re-evaluated the following week. He is expected to be sidelined for 6 to 8 weeks.<\/p>\n
To date this season (in four games), he holds a 3.00 ERA, 0 wins, three losses, and has performed 0.9 wins above replacement. He hit two home runs on the season’s opening day, the first player to do so in history.<\/p>\n
The Giants currently have a record of 6-10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DENVER, CO\u2014Giants’ first-rate pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been placed on the team’s disabled list due to a dirt biking injury he sustained in Denver. The 27 year-old left-hander, two-time National League Silver Slugger winner, and\u00a02014 MVP was placed on the team’s 10-day disabled list (DL) after injuring his ribs and shoulders while dirt biking on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":66865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[10563,16378,9430,898,722,16380,13916,16379,16073],"class_list":["post-66864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-denver","tag-dirt-bike","tag-disabled","tag-giants","tag-injury","tag-madison-bumgarner","tag-pitcher","tag-ribs","tag-shoulder"],"yoast_head":"\n