SF Giants infielder details frustrating injury: ‘Feels like you’re getting stabbed’

SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco Giants expect Tyler Fitzgerald to be out for at least two weeks after the infielder was placed on the -day injured list with a fractured rib Related Articles Can Kyle Harrison force the SF Giants front office into a tough decision What we learned in SF Giants first month of season SF Giants Fitzgerald loses both torpedo bats on back-to-back singles at Petco Park SF Giants swept by Padres in first showdown against NL West rival SF Giants fall to Padres in first battle vs NL West opponent this season Fitzgerald sustained the injury on April when playing second base he tried to stop a ground ball hit into right field by Joc Pederson during the Giants April home event against the Texas Rangers Fitzgerald thought it was a bone bruise and missed the next two games He returned to play two games against the Padres this week but felt the injury progressively worsen and could not do a sit-up or a push-up I tried to play through it and it just kind of feels like you re getting stabbed on every little movement Fitzgerald reported 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 games before the injury he was -for- with seven RBI and a OPS For the season Fitzgerald is hitting with a OPS It hurts Giants manager Bob Melvin revealed 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 maybe 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 challenge at second base against the Colorado Rockies and left-hander Kyle Freeland Melvin commented 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 disclosed Wisely who has played games with the Giants over the last two seasons was hitting at Triple-A Sacramento with five homers and RBI in games MELVIN ON HARRISON Left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison continues to impress at Triple-A Sacramento but whether he ll soon be back in the big leagues is unclear Harrison struck out seven with no walks and allowed just one earned run over five innings in Sacramento s - loss to Reno on Wednesday night at Sutter Medical Park Of his pitches were strikes with his fastball touching - mph Questioned if Harrison could soon be an option for the Giants Melvin announced I think he could be an option at any point in time But what we have here is what we ve had here We ve played pretty well We re trying to create an surroundings of specific stability Now obviously you re going to want to get the best feasible compliment that you can here but it s good to see that Harrison s velocity is picking up because for a guy like him that s fundamental for more swings and misses So perhaps his best performance we ll see where we go Harrison made starts for the Giants last year and was a candidate to be the Giants fifth starter to begin the season But the left-hander lost ground as an illness he had right before the start of camp caused him to lose between and pounds He was optioned on March Harrison appears to have fully recovered in terms of how several innings he is able to pitch It just feels like his stuff s getting better and better so he s trending in the right direction for him and that s a good sign for us Melvin noted PLAN FOR LEE Outfielder Jung Hoo Lee started Thursday s challenge on the Giants bench and will continue to get scheduled days off considering he hasn t played a ton since the start of last season We want to keep him healthy Melvin noted There are going to be scheduled off days for him Doesn t mean he won t show up at specific point in time in Thursday s battle It s consistently tough not to have him in the lineup especially after we lost a couple of games But we have to look at this thing throughout the entire season