Keaton Winn’s 2024 has been an exercise in the word almost. It’s been a masterclass in the idiom close but no cigar. It’s been ... nevermind, you get the point.
The San Francisco Giants young pitcher, still technically in his rookie season after ending 2023 a hair under the prospect graduation eligibility requirements, earned high praise at the start of Spring Training ... but quickly suffered an injury setback. He was then penciled into the fifth starter spot for the first half of the season ... but the team signed Blake Snell at the buzzer.