AUGUST 31: Cueto has been activated from the IL to start this evening’s game against Milwaukee, the team announced. Quintana has also been activated after reporting to the club, with Vosler and Brebbia optioned in corresponding moves.
AUGUST 30: The Giants announced they’ve placed starting pitchers Alex Wood and Johnny Cueto on the COVID-19 injured list. Infielder Jason Vosler and reliever John Brebbia have been recalled from Triple-A Sacramento to take their places on the active roster.
Wood has tested positive for COVID-19, manager Gabe Kapler told reporters (including Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area). Cueto has not tested positive, but he’s feeling virus-like symptoms. The Giants will conduct an impromptu bullpen game tonight against the Brewers in place of Cueto, who had been scheduled to take the ball. The team remains hopeful Cueto could be back as soon as tomorrow.
Regardless of Cueto’s status, the Giants will be without Wood for the near future. San Francisco’s rotation depth is one of the team’s few question marks, particularly after Tyler Beede recently suffered a serious back injury in Triple-A. The Giants’ top five starters of Wood, Cueto, Kevin Gausman, Anthony DeSclafani and Logan Webb has remained remarkably healthy for much of the season. Sammy Long and the since-released Aaron Sanchez are the only other pitchers to log at least ten innings out of the San Francisco rotation.
Long could be an option to shoulder a heavier workload over the coming days, and San Francisco did just add José Quintana off waivers from the Angels. Matt Shoemaker is on hand as a potential option in Sacramento, but he’s struggled since signing a minor league deal earlier this month. San Francisco can ill-afford any sort of letup over the final few weeks of the season. While the league-best Giants are a lock to make the playoffs, they hold just a two and a half game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West.
Vaccinated?
@andrew….It is obvious to most but maybe not you, but whether Wood or Cueto are vaccinated is not publicly shared information unless they choose to share it publicly.
Going by your account handle, sound reasoning is not one of your strengths.
Generally speaking for whatever reason, when it is not stated they are not vaccinated.
I think pro athletes are pretty sure they won’t die. So they view it as low risk. And they tend to worry about anything new disturbing their routines.
And most of them aren’t really into medical science because, why would they be? It wouldn’t help their game to study medicine now. (Other than elbow ligaments I guess).
Can’t really blame them. I haven’t heard of a single pro dying. And none have missed any paychecks either. So, in effect, it’s just like a flu to them.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/14/covid-19-effects-on-athletes-keyontae-johnson-basketball
Do some reading, it’s good for you. I’ll even make it really really easy
“ In a particularly concerning study, 26 athletes from Ohio State University with confirmed Covid-19 underwent heart testing. Of those tested, 46% were mildly symptomatic for Covid-19 and the other 54% were asymptomatic. All of their labs and electrocardiograms were normal. Yet, using a much more expensive test known as a Cardiac MRI (CMR), 46% showed heart abnormalities, and 15% met the criteria for myocarditis.”
“ the condition [myocarditis] has been implicated in the sudden cardiac death (SCD) of athletes even without coronavirus. Several years ago, myocarditis was found to be the third-most common cause of SCD in young people behind coronary artery abnormalities and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (also referred to as an “enlarged heart” or HCM). Meanwhile, US military data suggests that myocarditis is the leading killer of recruits in basic training. ”
Inflamed heart for an athlete who is constantly pushing his heart to perform. What could go wrong??
Is this one less pitcher to deal with for the dodger this weekend
Let’s go Braves #BeatLA
Have visited the Bay Area several times and seen games at Candlestick, and what is now Oracle. Great fan base, very friendly fans to “out of towers”. Living in the deep south, and rooting for Giants. Hope they do well in playoffs.
FYI, Candlestick was demolished and was at a more distant location close to South San Francisco. The new(ish) park is much closer to downtown SF..
I know that. I was just mentioning I had been to Candlestick before they moved to downtown. Have seen several games at the newer stadium. Great location at McCovey Cove. We usually stay at Hyatt in financial district on Embarcadero and walk to Oracle.
It’s a beautiful ballpark.
Candlestick, notsomuch. That nearly constant 25 mph westerly wind in South City is tiresome
Candlestick was great, I could see a hotdog wrapper swirl around for at least 3 innings.
Seems like quite a few players have gotten Covid over the last week or so.
It’s pretty easy to put these guys on the COVID list.
The article states Cueto just feels flu like symptoms but isn’t a confirmed case.
I suspect some teams even game the system.
I’m told baseball teams never cheat though.
Kazmir going to make a re-appearance?
As a Brewers fan, yes, please put Quintana in there! Lol
Seriously though, looking forward to a couple of playoff teams squaring off. Should be entertaining!
His FIP is much better than his ERA this year. He’s definitely not as effective as he was earlier in his career, yet the subpar LAA defense did not doing him in any favors.
*horrendous LAA defense
Matt Shoemaker started and pitched well for Sacramento last night.
If Cueto can’t pitch tomorrow, who will? Alvarez is very shaky tonight. The lack of SP depth in the minors is resting its ugly head.
Uh, one can still get the virus if vaccinated, but one tends not to DIE or lose a lung in that scenario.
Regards,
Dr. Faustus
VTGiant
But one might be a great superspreader, as one tends not to know one is sick – because if one is vaccinated, one is sometimes exempt from testing requirements.
So one should get vaccinated, if one chooses. But one is not getting vaccinated to protect others. That part is just nonsense.