Hello and happy Wednesday. Here’s hoping it’s a stellar day for you.
Drew Smyly might be back any day now, but the San Francisco Giants won’t be getting Jeff Samardzija back until next week at the earliest.
On Tuesday, the team announced that Samardzija will throw a second simulation game, with this one taking place on Thursday.
Kapler pre-game: Samardzija will throw sim game on Thursday, so he won't be back this week ... Longoria (glute) is out again tonight ... Dickerson (knee) is feeling better, could play tonight
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) September 8, 2020
If it goes well then we’ll find out if the Giants intend on returning the veteran All-Star to the rotation, or if they’ll plug him into the bullpen.