SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The satisfaction of breaking Spring Training camp yielded to a sickening feeling among the Giants on Friday when ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner sustained a fracture on the fifth metacarpal of his pitching hand, which he said will sideline him for at least four to six weeks.
The injury, which resulted from a third-inning line drive hit by Kansas City's Whit Merrifield, probably won't idle Bumgarner through the mid-July All-Star break, but he cannot throw a baseball until he undergoes removal of a pin that will be inserted in his hand on Saturday.