The Giants positioned starter Keaton Winn on the 15-day injured record, retroactive to Might 15, resulting from a forearm pressure. San Francisco additionally optioned infielder Casey Schmitt to Triple-A Sacramento. They reinstated DH Jorge Soler from the 10-day injured record and recalled righty Mason Black in corresponding strikes.
Winn has held a spot within the rotation all season. The rookie righty has taken 9 begins, tallying 42 1/3 innings of 6.17 ERA ball. Winn pitched properly by his first six appearances earlier than surrendering not less than 5 runs in every of his three most up-to-date outings. Whereas a forearm pressure is usually an ominous precursor to a big damage, the Giants don’t appear involved. President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi instructed reporters that imaging didn’t reveal any structural harm and the group doesn’t anticipate Winn lacking a lot time (link via Andrew Baggarly of the Athletic).
Black will take the ball tonight in opposition to the Rockies reverse Ryan Feltner. Blake Snell is on a rehab stint and will step again into the rotation subsequent week alongside Logan Webb, Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison. Black might maintain the ultimate spot till Winn returns.
Soler will lead off tonight in his first motion since Might 4. He missed slightly below two weeks with a shoulder pressure. One of many group’s largest offseason acquisitions, Soler is out to a modest .202/.294/.361 begin to his Giants tenure. Wilmer Flores had taken the vast majority of the DH at-bats whereas Soler was sidelined.
Marco Luciano is beginning at shortstop tonight and hitting ninth. It’s the primary begin of the season for the 22-year-old high prospect. With Schmitt headed again to Sacramento, supervisor Bob Melvin advised Luciano goes to play recurrently (X link by way of The Athletic’s Eno Sarris). For a lot of the offseason, it regarded as if Luciano can be San Francisco’s first alternative on the place. The Giants added veteran defensive specialist Nick Ahmed late within the winter on a minor league deal and wound up carrying him on the MLB roster.
Ahmed hit .236/.274/.291 by his first 36 video games. He went on the injured record with a sprained left wrist final week. Whereas the damage isn’t anticipated to maintain him out for too lengthy, Luciano might get an opportunity to hit his manner into the everlasting shortstop job. He had a .266/.399/.344 slash line in 158 plate appearances with Sacramento. Luciano has walked at a large 18.4% price in Triple-A, however he’s additionally putting out at an elevated 27.8% clip. He struck out 17 instances in 45 plate appearances final yr in his first style of main league motion.
