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Giants Place Steven Duggar On DL, Select Gregor Blanco

By Steve Adams | August 29, 2018 at 7:02pm CDT

The Giants announced Wednesday that they’ve placed rookie outfielder Steven Duggar on the 10-day disabled list due to a shoulder injury and selected the contract of veteran outfielder Gregor Blanco in his place. Buster Posey, who underwent season-ending hip surgery earlier this week, was moved to the 60-day DL to open roster space for Blanco.

The exact nature of Duggar’s injury isn’t yet clear, as he’s headed for an MRI for further evaluation, per Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic (Twitter links). The 24-year-old sustained the injury while diving back into second base in yesterday’s game and appearing to dislocate the shoulder (before having it popped back into place). Baggarly notes that it could be a subluxation — an injury that could put an end to the young outfielder’s debut season.

Through 152 plate appearances on the season, Duggar has batted .255/.303/.390 with a pair of homers, 11 doubles, a triple and five steals (in six tries). Though the Giants are all but eliminated from postseason contention, a season-ending injury to Duggar would sting all the same. San Francisco’s hope is that the former sixth-round pick (2015) can be its center fielder of the future, and the month of September would’ve been an important evaluation period for the promising prospect.

In Blanco, the Giants will welcome a familiar face back to the roster. The 34-year-old spent time with the Giants earlier this season and was also a mainstay on their roster from 2012-16. In all, he’s strode to the plate 2183 times as a Giant (excluding postseason play), hitting a combined .258/.335/.359 along the way.

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  1. Gobbysteiner

    7 years ago

    Are you f**king kidding me.

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  2. Solaris601

    7 years ago

    Giants have no choice but to throw in the towel on 2018 with this and the news about Samarzdija today. I get that they don’t want to just give McCutchen away, but some team is likely to give them more than just salary relief at this point. Cutch would jump all over the QO, so the comp pick argument just doesn’t hold water.

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  3. baseball1600

    7 years ago

    I really hope Duggar becomes a trade chip. His swing is literally built to fail in ATNT. I think he has 20/20 potential but if he continues in our orginization I think he would end up becoming a glove-first guy who hits the majority of his HRS in Coors and Chase.

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    • m34josh

      7 years ago

      Na. May not hit many dingers, but will hit plenty of doubles and triples. They need his speed in CF to cover the gaps

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  4. baseball1600

    7 years ago

    Also glad Blanco gets another chance. He’s a great guy and I met him at Fan Fest once. He should really get a job as a bench coach or something later on in life, his personality is one of the best in the game and he lights up the clubhouse.

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  5. julyn82001

    7 years ago

    Gregor is an incredible player, he just never had a chance to be a regular! Welcome back, Blanco buddy!

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    • Solaris601

      7 years ago

      I don’t know. He pretty much was a regular for the several years he was filling in for the perpetually injured Pence and Pagan.

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    • giantsphan12

      7 years ago

      I’m glad to see Blanco again too. A great guy and a overall great player (defense + clubhouse + hustle+ adequate bat). Hope he kills it September! Welcome back Gregor!

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  6. RedRooster

    7 years ago

    For real. What is with the Giants and their weird obsession with Gregor Blanco?

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    • Crankyolddude

      7 years ago

      Its not like they had any other options in AAA that could play center field, so why not bring Blanco back up. It was either him, or Peter Bourjos…

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  7. jd396

    7 years ago

    There’s plenty of other Duggars out there.

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  8. JoeyPankake

    7 years ago

    When it rains, it pours. On a side note, McCovey Chronicles is pretty much unreadable without Grant Brisbee.

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    • 5TUNT1N

      7 years ago

      Totally agree just mentioned this in another comment section. The writing seems just bad. Clearly from my comments I’m no writer but that site has become unreadable in relation to subject I essentially read everything I can about. Sad. I’ve never watched the Facebook post game show grant is a part of now.

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      • JoeyPankake

        7 years ago

        You aren’t really missing much, other than the girl he does the show with is pretty cute.

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  9. 5TUNT1N

    7 years ago

    Labrum tear…. sux to be us

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  10. daved

    7 years ago

    I’ll take Bourjos over Blanco right now.

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    • Gobbysteiner

      7 years ago

      You take boujos over anyone. You must be related to him cause I’ve never seen someone so obsessed with one obscure minor leaguer before.

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      • daved

        7 years ago

        LOL. Obscure minor leaguer? He has 7 years in the Majors. And no, I’m not related to him. OVERALL, He’s just better than Blanco, that much I know.

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        • Gobbysteiner

          7 years ago

          Allen Craig did too. He’s an obscure minor leaguer now

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        • daved

          7 years ago

          That’s the best comp you can come up with? Craig hasn’t played in the Majors since 2015.

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