The San Francisco Giants are scrambling in the wake of Madison Bumgarner's broken left pinkie. The southpaw ace had pins inserted into his throwing hand on Saturday after absorbing a line drive from the Kansas City Royals' Whit Merrifield and will be out likely until June, per Daniel Brown of the Mercury News.
With right-hander Jeff Samardzija also sidelined by a pectoral injury, the Giants need to bolster a rotation that features Johnny Cueto and a cast of untested youngsters, including Ty Blach and Chris Stratton, plus 31-year-old Derek Holland, who posted a 6.