TODAY: Winn’s surgery has a two-month recovery timeline, he told NBC Sports Bay Area’s Andrew Baggarly (X link) and other reporters today. Winn didn’t mention the possibility of a return during the postseason if the Giants can get into October, as he instead said he’d be able to have a normal offseason in preparation for the start of Spring Training.
JULY 26: The Giants informed reporters that rookie right-hander Keaton Winn is undergoing ulnar nerve transposition surgery next week (X link via Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle). He’ll miss the rest of the season.
Winn is already on the 60-day injured list. He landed on the IL with elbow inflammation a month ago. Winn attempted to restart a throwing program but felt continued soreness, necessitating a shutdown and eventual surgery. There’s no indication that he will not be ready for the start of Spring Training.
The 26-year-old Winn opened the year in San Francisco’s rotation. That was in part due to injuries above him on the depth chart, but Winn fared well for a month. He carried a 3.18 ERA through the end of April behind a huge 60.2% ground-ball rate. The wheels came off thereafter, as Winn’s grounders plummeted and opponents began teeing off. He allowed five or more runs in five of his final six starts.
Winn surpassed the one-year service mark this season. He’s under team control for five more years and won’t be eligible for arbitration for another two seasons. Considering he was one of the better prospects in the organization entering the year, he shouldn’t be in any danger of losing his roster spot. The Giants will need to put him back on their 40-man roster within five days of the conclusion of the World Series.
With this injury farhan will go insane and lose his marbles and trade for crochet
Just kidding the giants wouldn’t even have enough for crochet, they give what Luciano? White Sox would laugh
Haniger and Disco for Robbie Ray lookin pretty good right now
A 22 year old bust?
Ya, that’s a little premature. Something that happens to him quite often
Two years ago the baseball illiterati were calling Heliot Ramos a bust.
Early this year as well.
Personally I would not consider anyone a bust under 25 years old. Still plenty of time to improve the skillset, especially the ones groomed since teens.
sad, The Giants have enough to trade for Crochet. Every team in baseball has enough prospect capital to acquire Crochet, or literally anyone else on the trading block. It’s about what percentage of prospect capital any team wants to spend. Even the Jays or Angels have enough to acquire Crochet. It would gut their farm systems, but they still have enough if they were dumb enough to do that. Saying that some team doesn’t have enough to trade for some player exhibits a profound lack of understanding about teams and their farm systems.
Not to mention that the one thing that the Giants do not need is another starting pitcher.
Take Winn’s record off the the Giants W-L and they’re right in the playoff hunt.
Best of luck with the surgery Keaton and we’ll see you next year!
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