SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants expect Tyler Fitzgerald to be out for at least two weeks after the infielder was placed on the 10-day injured list with a fractured rib.
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“I tried to play through it, and it just kind of feels like you’re getting stabbed on every little movement,” Fitzgerald said. “Especially when I would swing and get to extension, was when I would really feel it. Kind of started to hurt when I was running and fielding, and was kind of taking over every part of baseball.”
An ensuing MRI revealed the damage, which was frustrating for Fitzgerald. In the 13 games before the injury, he was 17-for-45 (.378) with seven RBI and a 1.071 OPS. For the season, Fitzgerald is hitting .284 with a .773 OPS.
“It hurts,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said of Fitzgerald’s injury. “Since a little bit of a slow start, he’s done really well. He tried to play through it. … and then you get an MRI, you see what’s going on there, and you appreciate him for trying to play and gut it out. With something like that .. we’re probably looking at least a couple weeks.”
With Fitzgerald out, the Giants recalled left-handed bat Brett Wisely from Triple-A Sacramento, and had right-handed bat Christian Koss start Thursday’s game at second base against the Colorado Rockies and left-hander Kyle Freeland.
Melvin said that doesn’t automatically mean he’ll platoon Koss and Wisely. Wisely will play at least one of the next three games, “and just see where it goes as far as performance,” Melvin said.
Wisely, who has played 142 games with the Giants over the last two seasons, was hitting .235 at Triple-A Sacramento with five homers and 19 RBI in 27 games.
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