Wellemeyer Out; Hacker Brings Joe Martinez-Like Stuff To Giants

Posted: 20th May 2010 by Ted Sillanpaa in MLB
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The San Francisco Giants are on the verge of pulling the plug on No. 5 starter Todd Wellemeyer. They're not ready to recall 20-year-old Madison Bumgarner or to bring right-hander Joe Martinez back to the big club. The organization is reportedly set to call right-hander Eric Hacker, 27, up from Triple-A Fresno to take Wellemeyer's scheduled start on Tuesday against the Washington Nationals. The Giants could skip the fifth spot in the rotation and use Tim Lincecum on Tuesday, thus pushing back the next start for the No. 5 starter to May 29 against visiting Arizona. As was suggested here on Wednesday night, the Giants are unwilling to rush Bumgarner to San Francisco after he has finally shown signs of regaining the form that earned him starting assignments in the big league playoff race in 20 ...

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