The roster shuffling continued for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday with a pair of surprising moves in the starting rotation.
The first came when 2018 rookie phenom Dereck Rodriguez was optioned to the minors.
Whoa, Dereck Rodriguez was optioned to Triple-A. Kratz comes off injured list.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) May 11, 2019
The 26-year-old has had a rough go of it in his last three starts, posting an 8.31 ERA with more walks (12) than strikeouts (6) over 13 innings of work.
To his credit, he took the most in stride, telling reporters: “I’ll go down there, keep my head up and throw strikes.