Hello and happy Sunday.
The San Francisco Giants appear to have suffered some more bad news on the prospect injury front. After Heliot Ramos missed much of the Fall Instructional Leagues due to an oblique injury, and Alexander Canario had to have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder, reliever Melvin Adon appeared to suffer an injury a few days ago.
Adon was pitching in the Dominican Winter League, and his fastball was rather easily hitting the triple digit mark. And then he seemed to suffer an injury after a pitch, and had to leave the game. As always, @giantsprospects has the footage:
Adon left the game after this pitch: pic.twitter.com/2Jty0FTLrr
— GPT (@giantsprospects) November 28, 2020
Adon, a 26-year old righty, is the No. 15 ranked prospect in the Giants system, per Fangraphs, with an 80/80 fastball, and a 40+ FV. Given his age and the fact that he’s already on the 40-man roster, he seemed like a good bet to start the season on the active roster. Obviously that could be called into question if this apparent injury is severe.
Fingers crossed that it’s something minor.
Old, random MCC article for you to read
The Giants visited the White House again, and we learned some things (June 4, 2015 — Grant Brisbee)
Giants links
- Grant Brisbee tries to figure out which closer the Giants would pick if they had to overspend on the bullpen (The Athletic, subscription required)
- Jeff Young on when the offseason might actually get rolling for the Giants (Around the Foghorn)
How many days until Opening Day?
There are 123 days until Opening Day.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday.