PHOENIX — Madison Bumgarner walked through the clubhouse Wednesday afternoon with the yellow ends of three pins sticking out of his left hand. It is a gruesome sight he has gotten used to, but that should end Thursday.
Bumgarner is very confident that the pins, which are stabilizing his fractured metacarpal, will be removed during a doctor’s visit on Thursday. That would begin the next step in the rehab process, and could have Bumgarner back with the Giants by the last week of May.
It is hard to watch them most nights and see how they will be in contention when their ace gets back.