SAN FRANCISCO – When it comes to a tricky course of treatment with a star player, there is great comfort in consensus.
The Giants have reached a consensus when it comes to Madison Bumgarner’s sprained left shoulder, and mapped out a rehab schedule that should have the left-handed ace ready to return to the major league rotation shortly after the All-Star break.
Bumgarner was definitively diagnosed with a Grade 2 sprain of the AC joint in his left shoulder, which means that he partially tore ligaments. A Grade 2 sprain is another way of describing a separated shoulder.