There will be plenty of scouts in attendance when Madison Bumgarner makes his next start for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Not only is he one of the top rental starters on this year’s trade market, but he also left his most recent start after he took a liner off his pitching elbow. While X-rays came back negative and he has some added time to rest over the All-Star break, teams will want to see first hand that there are no lingering effects of the injury.
So which teams might be in attendance?
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic: “The Astros, Twins, Braves and Brewers are among the clubs interested in Bumgarner, according to major-league sources.