Giants get Posey back, lose Bumgarner to illness
Buster Posey is back! He won't be catching Madison Bumgarer!
And so it goes …
Bumgarner will not start Thursday night's series opener against the Cardinals because of the flu. Matt Cain will go instead, four nights after he had an eight-run inning against the Diamondbacks.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Bumgarner had not felt well for a couple of days, rallied, then worsened. He is not at the park now but is expected come later to be seen by the medical staff.
"Flu-like symptoms, chills, fever," Bochy said.
The rotation, already in flux with Johnny Cueto returning Friday, is now fluxier. Bumgarner will be reinserted somewhere, Sunday at the earliest.