WEST SACRAMENTO \u2014 The Giants\u2019 offense has slowly shown signs of life over the last two weeks, but now, San Francisco will be without one of its hotter hitters for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
Left fielder Heliot Ramos landed on the 10-day injured list on Saturday afternoon with a right quad strain, and manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Ramos will likely be on the shelf for a \u201chandful of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s official word yet on the length,\u201d Vitello said, \u201cbut I definitely think it\u2019s at least a couple weeks, and probably more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a corresponding move, the Giants recalled outfielder Will Brennan from Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n
On a more positive note for the team, left-hander Erik Miller was reinstated from the 15-day injured list after dealing with a lower back strain. Right-hander Tristan Beck was optioned to Sacramento to make room for Miller, giving the Giants four lefties and four righties in the bullpen.<\/p>\n
Ramos, 26, sustained the injury in the bottom of the fifth inning of Friday\u2019s 5-2 loss when trying to make a sliding catch on a single by the Athletics\u2019 Jeff McNeil. He initially stayed in the game, striking out in the top of the sixth, but exited before the bottom of the sixth.<\/p>\n
Infielder Casey Schmitt, who hadn\u2019t played outfield since high school, took Ramos\u2019 place in left field for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s really worked hard to get better out there,\u201d Vitello said of Ramos\u2019 defense. \u201cIt\u2019s ironic or painfully coincidental he (injures himself) trying to bust his (expletive) trying to make a play. He\u2019ll do everything he can in his power to come back even better. And then we\u2019ll make do in the meantime.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Giants have enough options to make do, Ramos has been one of San Francisco\u2019s best hitters over the last month. Since April 17, the day he hit his first homer of the season, Ramos owned a slash line of .290\/.333\/.530 with four homers and 13 RBIs over 26 games.<\/p>\n
Outfielder Drew Gilbert got the start in left field on Saturday, and Brennan could get his share of starts there in the coming weeks. There are also options in catchers Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez and Eric Haase, both of whom have experience in left field.<\/p>\n
Even Schmitt, who didn\u2019t get any opportunities during his first game in left Saturday, could get some opportunities. Putting the versatile Schmitt in left would be another avenue to get top prospect Bryce Eldridge in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying not to overthink things and get over creative or try and come up with something that\u2019s completely out of left field \u2014 I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s funny or not \u2014 with the lineup,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of guys finding their groove and their rhythm, and us putting together innings. We haven\u2019t scored as many runs as you all would like us to \u2014 or Giants fans \u2014 so we are looking at all angles of what\u2019s best on that given day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller, 28, returns to the bullpen after spending the minimum of 15 days on the injured list with back troubles. The left-hander, who has a 3.18 ERA over 11 1\/3 innings this season with 17 strikeouts, hasn\u2019t allowed an earned run in his last eight appearances.<\/p>\n
With right-hander Ryan Walker having been optioned to Triple-A Sacramento, Miller should get his share of opportunities in save situations. Miller has recorded two saves this season, the only two he\u2019s had during his major league career.<\/p>\n
Webb continues progressing\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan Webb, who is currently on the 15-day injured list with right knee bursitis, threw a bullpen before Saturday\u2019s game. The right-hander, who is eligible to return on May 21, is trending towards spending the minimum amount of time on the 15-day injured list.<\/p>\n
Vitello said Webb looked comfortable during the bullpen session, adding that the team has yet to determine whether Webb will need a rehab start before returning.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know Webby and I know Webby \u2014 he\u2019s is going to fight you on that,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a requirement for who he is to do it, but it might just make the most sense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST SACRAMENTO \u2014 The Giants\u2019 offense has slowly shown signs of life over the last two weeks, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,2178,162,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-701154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-giants","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","16":"tag-sf","17":"tag-sf-giants","18":"tag-sfgiants","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116588819530954574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}