The Giants have announced some pitching-related roster moves, as Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area was among those to report (Twitter links). Starter Johnny Cueto will move from the 10-day to the 60-day DL to open a 40-man spot for fellow righty Jose Valdez.
Meanwhile, relievers Derek Law and Josh Osich have each been optioned to Triple-A. The latter had been on the DL with a hip strain after struggling in the majors to open the year.
With the move, the Giants are making a somewhat early call on the length of Cueto’s absence. It had been suggested he would miss six to eight weeks with a forearm strain. With today’s placement, though, Cueto won’t be able to return until June 29, by the calculation of Pavlovic (Twitter link).
By making the move now, the San Francisco organization will have another 40-man spot to work with. That should help the team keep the bullpen fresh, which in turn will help weather the absence of Cueto — particularly while Madison Bumgarner is also working back from the DL.
The 28-year-old Valdez has thrown 50 1/3 innings in the majors over the past three years. This will be his first stint with the Giants after brief runs in the bigs with three other team. Thus far in 2018, Valdez has worked to a 3.71 ERA with 13.8 K/9 and 5.8 BB/9 through 17 innings over a dozen appearances at Triple-A.
Like the Exxon Valdez, It’s a shipwreck
so does the 60 day work retroactively with what he already has done? that is 10 days + 50 days or is it 10 days + 60 days?
retroactively
Reds would probably flip Homer Bailey for Hunter Pence if that would work
Because the Reds need ANOTHER outfielder. Though I would love to see Bailey run out on a rail…
We have ZERO pitching. Holland and the Shark have to be two of the worst arms in all of baseball. Stratton is OK, great curve but that’s it. Ty Blach is Bp. This is absolutely ridiculous. Thanks Bobby Evans.
Ty Blach may be BP but vs the Dodgers he is Sandy Koufax
Prolly a 6+ era vs the rest of the league though
What happen to the overachieving Giants the last 3 games?
You know what a mirage is?
Pirates want in on the action. Lol
Doesn’t matter. The Giants struck out 55 times while getting swept by the Phillies. I’m a Giants fan and that was the most pathetic attempt at playing baseball I’ve seen in my life. They could have a rotation of 5 Cy Young clones and still suck with that washed up offense.