The Giants announced Thursday that they’ve placed right-hander Shaun Anderson and outfielder Steven Duggar on the injured list. Anderson is dealing with a blister on his right middle finger, while Duggar’s down with a left shoulder AC joint sprain. The club recalled lefty Sam Selman and outfielder Joey Rickard from Triple-A Sacramento in corresponding moves.
The injury comes amid a rough stretch for the 24-year-old Anderson, who hasn’t recorded a quality start since June 23. The Nationals roughed up Anderson in his most recent start Wednesday, contributing to the rookie’s 5.33 ERA on the season. Anderson also owns a 4.97 FIP with 5.99 K/9 and 3.38 BB/9 in 82 2/3 innings.
This will be his second IL placement of the year for Duggar, who has been among the least valuable players in the majors this season. The 25-year-old has taken 281 trips to the plate in 2019 and slashed .234/.278/.341 (63 wRC+) with four home runs and minus-0.5 fWAR. It’s possible he’ll now require season-ending surgery, Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group tweets. Duggar previously underwent a season-ending procedure on his left shoulder as a rookie in 2018.
Duggar’s latest issue will open the door for Rickard, who hasn’t taken a major league at-bat since the Giants claimed him from the Orioles in late June. The 28-year-old Rickard has been great in Sacramento, where he has batted .358/.406/.568 (134 wRC+) with four homers in 165 plate appearances. But Rickard wasn’t nearly that productive in the majors as a member of the Orioles, with whom he hit .245/.299/.372 (80 wRC+) with 19 HRs and 16 steals across 924 PA from 2016-19.
Rickard not Davis? Why do we insist on maintaining an anemic offense
This makes no sense. Chris Shaw, Mike Gerber, and Jaylin Davis have been absolutely tearing AAA pitching up while Rickard has been average at best especially considering PCL standards. Wtf?
Maybe bringing up Rickard to the just release him? Seems like the norm.
They need someone who can play CF. That omits Shaw as an option. I know Gerber has played some CF, but maybe the Giants don’t think he’s MLB caliber there. And Davis is still young. It could be they don’t want to rush him and possibly retard his development. It’s not like they didn’t analyze who to call up. I’m sure they don’t think all these guys are equal, and did some random selection on who to call up.
You haven’t looked at Rickard’s stats. He is hitting better than Gerber, Shaw, and Davis.
He don’t have that many at bats compared to the other guys. I seriously doubt he can continue the ,. 358 avg .900+ ops with 200 more at bats. But the other 3 are posting , 900+ ops with around . 300avg or better all season long
Another stupid transaction by Giants front office. Shaw / Davis / Gerber have been consistently mashing with authority, while Rickard looks like a panik compared to the other 3. SMH poor Shaw, he’s probably like wtf do I got to do to get called up. He’s got to be frustrated.
Guess they want to keep loosing so they can gain some spots for a better draft pick next year.
Yaz, Dickerson, Slater, Dubon, Davis, Gott, Solano, Vogt, Green, Beck, Winkler
Seems like the front office decision making is just fine.
And you see how well that’s gotten them so far huh?. Shaw should of been up awhile ago,
T Austin should of been let go awile ago, blach should of never filled in, Suarez shouldn’t be pitching in MLB. There’s so many things they could be doing different. Oh well the more they loose, the better pick they’ll get..
Apparently pickle is a GM candidate. I bet all 32 teams are knocking down your door to get your insight in their front office. You probably thought the same thing about yaz huh? Let the guys who get paid to make the decisions do their jobs.
Nah I actually had figured YAZ was going to be solid.
Go figure. Pickles is a genius.
Pickle – we all have opinions re baseball and I like hearing yours. I’ll add to yours that they need to start Solano! He needs to be an everyday guy. He’s proven via Gennett. Way better offensively than Crawford. And, no, I don’t have a crush on Solano
I’ve seen Shaw several times at Sac. You might have an argument for calling him up instead of Rickard, if he would quit swinging at pitches 2 feet out of the strike zone, The Giants already have enough guys like that.
But he’s a power threat and run producer. What the Giants need. Not weak contact hitters. They have plenty of them already. :/
He can’t play CF. Whoever they call up has to be able to play there. Pillar can’t be the only guy on the roster who can.
And Duggar being on the IL was less than ideal defensively. Being able to play CF doesn’t mean he’s an asset there. Besides, at Oracle Park, with that immense RF, you basically need 2 CF types. LF is the only place Shaw can play, and I’m not sure that makes for a good defensive OF.
Agree. You don’t think Yaz is good defensively? Just curious
Also, the FO isn’t making these decisions in a vacuum. They’re getting input from Sac. How are they swinging the bat? how are their ABs? how is their fielding? etc. Just because you don’t understand the move doesn’t make it stupid.
This is some arm chair quarterbacking if I’ve ever seen it. Of course Suárez would be bad! Of course Austin and blach are garbage! I knew it all along! Be grateful the giants are close to .500. Farhan inherited a dumpster fire and has already turned in a dozen solid moves.
Yes I agree he has made some nice pick ups via trade and free agent. Just saying offense is weak, need some thump in the lineup.
Service time comes into play too. Some players you don’t want it to start on too early.
Shaw is defensively weak.
I think you meant “losing” unless you meant loosening. This may help with losing versus loosing: grammarly.com/blog/loose-lose/
They’re not tanking.
You know, considering the Giants have been playing with a patchwork offense all season, along with a couple decent hidden gems in YastrzemskiDickerson and Solano. I can’t help but think you seriously have a clue as to the direction this organization is going in. I would love them to make the post season. Maybe even become the Cleveland Indians in the Movie Major League, but for any of that to happen, we are going interview and intern everything we have up our sleeve and dump what isn’t working. This is not the organization that gave thank you contracts to players who helped us win a World Series in the past. The Giants are getting leaner, less expensive over time and way better in my opinion. I grew watching Giants teams that were so bad that today’s team would be considered God Like. Cool your jets, let Zaidi work his magic, and prepare for an even bigger transition once Bochy says good bye. I would love our motto to be 4 For Boch for the rest of the season. Maybe something magical will happen. But don’t throw out names like Shaw and the others because they are mashing because you sound like an Angel for the third coming of Mac Williamson who stunk it up everything e there was an opportunity. Zaidi want multi role, multi position players going forward. Shaw can okay a corner outfield position and first. We have a LH hitting first baseman already which makes him one dimensional. Go with the flow and keep believing.
Seems almost surreal that a blister for one guy and a left shoulder AC joint sprain for the other lands them on the same list…
Most of us figured this year would be difficult, next year too. The best organizational talent is in the low minors. This group did put up a pretty good 40-50 game run, which was nice. Back to reality now. They absolutely cannot continue to run Crawford, belt, Posey and Longoria our in the same lineup. No offense, these guys were really good…. back in 2015 and prior. Duggar is not the answer in CF. Doesn’t walk, doesn’t steal, doesn’t get on base. Zaidi in a tough spot, keep cycling through guys until you find the ones who seize the opportunity. Time for the big 4 to rest more often and try to infuse some youth into the lineup. Let’s go Giants!
Anderson has been underwhelming this year. Same with Beede, Suarez and Rodriguez. Was hoping 1 would really emerge. So, Shark and Cueto next year. Beyond that, they need some veteran help or an unknown couple guys to emerge. Got some holes to fill. Zaidi has afforded multiple players opportunities this year. Glad to see solano, Dickerson, Yaz, and Vogt seize their chance. Also, great decision to keep Pablo this year. Need some other dudes to step it up!
Sad to see 4 minor league contracts and a major league minimum deal carrying a club when your $60M core of players is performing at or below replacement level.
Must be tough to be a Giants fan these days. Down to arguing which AAA outfielders should be filling out the roster on yet another losing season.