{"id":442552,"date":"2026-08-25T01:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442552\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:52:18","slug":"san-francisco-giants-put-willy-adames-on-il-amid-bevy-of-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442552\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Giants put Willy Adames on IL amid bevy of roster moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 The San Francisco Giants had a vastly different active roster<\/a> on Monday than the one they had just 24 hours earlier<\/a>, as shortstop Willy Adames, outfielder Victor Bericoto and right-hander JT Brubaker were all added to the injured list while five other players were promoted from\u00a0Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Adames (left elbow sprain), Bericoto (right knee bone bruise), and Brubaker (bruised ribs) were all banged up in the Giants\u2019 5-4 loss<\/a> to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday that closed out a six-game road trip.<\/p>\n

Adames, who had an MRI on Monday, will miss more than 10 days, though manager Tony Vitello said the team is optimistic the veteran can return before the season ends in late September. Adames was scheduled to meet with team doctors on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Adames sustained the injury in the top of the first inning when he slid into home plate and collided with catcher Connor Wong. Still in discomfort, Adames remained in the game until the bottom of the fifth after striking out in the top half.<\/p>\n

Adames, who has also been bothered by a bad back this season, hoped for the best on Sunday but conceded the injured list was a possibility if he had to miss a few days. After missing a week, Adames returned to the lineup on Aug. 19 and in his last five games had a 1.064 OPS with two homers and three RBIs.<\/p>\n

Following Monday\u2019s series-opener against the Cincinnati Reds at Oracle Park, the Giants have 31 games left over the final 34 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone saw the replay of the catcher\u2019s knee jamming into (Adames\u2019 elbow),\u201d Vitello said before Monday\u2019s game. \u201cI think initially it kind of scared him. \u2026 He knew something was wrong, and he didn\u2019t look like himself that third at-bat. He\u2019s been swinging the bat really well, so it was wise of everyone to agree to get him out of the game, and he\u2019ll need a little bit of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe that\u2019ll help his back as well. But it\u2019d be nice to get him back before the season ends and get him back in that rhythm he was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infielders Nate Furman and Shay Whitcomb, outfielder Grant McCray and right-handers Anthony Molina and Ryan Walker were all recalled from Sacramento. Furman, Whitcomb and McCray were all in Monday\u2019s lineup at second base, third base and right field, respectively.<\/p>\n

First baseman Bryce Eldridge was placed on the bereavement list following the recent death of his grandfather, and left-hander Matt \u201cTugboat\u201d Wilkinson<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A following two big league appearances, including one on Sunday when he started against the Red Sox and allowed four earned runs and seven hits over 3 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

In 5 2\/3 innings over two appearances, Wilkinson had a 6.35 ERA, struck out two and allowed eight hits. Vitello didn\u2019t rule out bringing Wilkinson back on Saturday, when the Giants play a split doubleheader against the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat he and a couple of the other younger guys did with the ball in Fenway against the hottest team in the big leagues, against that lineup, I think, is really encouraging,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cI love the competitiveness, and there\u2019s no question he\u2019s going to need to develop a little bit. But the core of who he is as a competitor is exactly what we\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bericoto sustained a right knee injury in the bottom of the fifth as he attempted to catch a fly ball in foul territory. After a fan interfered with the ball, resulting in an automatic out, Bericoto turned away to avoid being hit in the face but twisted his knee. He went down in pain and remained on the ground for several minutes.<\/p>\n

Like Adames, Bericoto had an MRI early Monday and was scheduled to meet with doctors later in the day. Brubaker was hurt in the bottom of the sixth inning Sunday as he dove to catch a bunt by Red Sox outfielder Eli White.<\/p>\n

For Monday\u2019s game, Rafael Devers was back at first base, Jung Hoo Lee was the designated hitter, Turner Hill was in left field and Christian Koss was at shortstop.<\/p>\n

Devers had played first base in 89 of the Giants\u2019 130 games this season before Monday, committing seven errors for a fielding percentage of .991. Devers had also been San Francisco\u2019s designated hitter for 41 games and entered Monday hitting .241 with an OPS of .788 for the season.<\/p>\n

Before Monday, Eldridge had played first base in each of the Giants\u2019 last 11 games, committing just one error and collecting nine assists. In that time, he hit .275, including three home runs, with a .870 OPS, raising his season totals in both categories, as he hit safely in eight of his last nine games.<\/p>\n

Following the Giants\u2019 three-game series against the Reds, they begin a four-game set with Arizona on Thursday. \u00a0That series is followed by a seven-game road trip, beginning with a make-up game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 31. That scheduled June 16-18 series in Atlanta was shortened to two games, with the June 18 game postponed to the end of this month.<\/p>\n

San Francisco\u2019s organizational depth is being tested on a grand scale, as it has lost Matt Chapman, Casey Schmitt, Daniel Susac, and Harrison Bader to injury. The team also traded away Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos for prospects, further thinning their ranks.<\/p>\n

MAYER UPDATE<\/p>\n

Infielder Marcelo Mayer (left ulna bone stress reaction) was in the Giants clubhouse on Monday in a walking boot, although Vitello said that was more precautionary than anything. He added that Mayer is determined to play again before the season ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 The San Francisco Giants had a vastly different active roster on Monday than the one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[49642,101,4820,103,102,104,106,105,46986],"class_list":["post-442552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-rafael-devers","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-willy-adames"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}