San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija is reportedly expected to start the 2018 MLB season on the disabled list after being diagnosed with a strained right pectoral muscle.
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle provided the update Thursday night and passed along comments from optimistic Giants manager Bruce Bochy.
"He'll go a week without throwing the ball and then crank it up," Bochy said. "It shouldn't take long for him to get back on the mound, so that's good news."
This is a difficult setback for San Francisco and Samardzija as he looks to bounce back from last year's up-and-down performance.