After a fair amount of speculation and calls from the fans, the San Francisco Giants are officially shaking up their rotation. The Giants have had their same five-man rotation all season, but on Saturday, manager Bob Melvin announced that things will be changing this week. On Tuesday, when the Giants host the Kansas City Royal, 23-year old flamethrower Hayden Birdsong will take the mound for his first start of the year. In turn, struggling righty Jordan Hicks will move to the bullpen, where he has spent the bulk of his career.
This started to feel like a very real possibility after Hicks barely made it through two innings on Wednesday, giving up seven hits, one walk, and five runs in a loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.