Good morning, baseball fans!
The San Francisco Giants placed Matt Chapman on the 10-day injured list yesterday for right hand inflammation. Chapman jammed his throwing hand during Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves while attempting to dive back to first base in the eighth inning, before ultimately getting picked off.
Although x-rays were negative, Chapman said after Sunday’s game that he could feel his hand starting to feel stiff, and expressed worries about ligament damage in his fingers. According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, Chapman is scheduled to see hand specialist Dr. Steve Shin on Friday in Los Angeles and the team is expected to know more after that.
Bay area fans may remember Dr. Shin as the doctor who performed hand surgery on Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry. He is also the Los Angeles Dodgers’ hand specialist. Hat tip to our own Bryan Murphy for that info.
In the meantime, the Giants have recalled infielder Christian Koss from Triple-A Sacramento, where he was sent in last week’s flurry of moves.
With the margin of error lately being precisely one-run, Koss and other members of the Giants’ offense will need to pick up the slack big time. Especially as the team faces the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, where runs rain down like flames from angry gods.
Also, don’t forget to vote for the All Star Game! As a reminder, we’re still doing a push for Chapman, as well as Wilmer Flores, Heliot Ramos and Jung Hoo Lee. Vote early, vote often, and go Giants!