DETROIT — As cautious optimism builds surrounding Madison Bumgarner, the countdown is officially underway.
Giants Manager Bruce Bochy on Wednesday sounded hopeful that the 2014 World Series MVP will be back shortly after the All-Star break.
Asked specifically about July 15 — the second game of the second half — Bochy left the door open.
“It’s a possibility, yeah,” the manager said in Detroit, a few hours before the Giants played the Tigers at Comerica Park. “So far, it’s all been good. So right after the break, we think he’ll be ready to go.”
Bumgarner was scheduled to make a rehabilitation start in San Jose later Wednesday night, where the left-hander was targeting a 75-pitch limit.