I only ever saw Madison Bumgarner once as minor leaguer and it was probably — no, definitely — the worst start of his prospect career. It was this start in fact, a start that ended up igniting a firestorm of “Bum is broken” fear, thanks to a (long since deleted) Kevin Goldstein tweet that said:
“Panic on the streets of San Fran: Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner gets pummeled, sits in the upper 80s.”
And panic it was! Just check the Fanshot — no, nobody ever understood the difference — that appeared the next day on this here blog.