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Kyle Crick injury: Right-handed prospect to rejoin San Jose’s rotation Friday

Kyle Crick is set to re-join the San Jose Giants rotation Friday, according to Joe Ritzo of the San Jose club.The right-handed starter had been out since April 18 with an oblique injury. He had started just three times before the injury, pitching a total of 9.2 innings and posting a 0.93 ERA.

According to Baseball America, Crick was the No. 1 prospect in the Giants’ system following the 2012 season. Prior to that, he was the No. 8 prospect at the ripe old age of 18. In 121 innings at low-A and High-A, Crick has a 2.31 ERA, striking out more than ten batters per nine innings and allowing 6.3 hits per nine. His last season-plus has been impressive, especially considering Crick is still just 20 years old.

The Giants drafted Crick out of high school (Sherman, TX) with the 49th selection in the 2011 amateur draft. He was San Francisco’s second pick in that draft, as they took middle infielder Joe Panik with the 29th pick.

SF Giants lineup: Crawford out again, in fact all Brandons on bench

Before the 2012 season I invented a segment for our blog/podcast called “Brandon Watch”, based on the premise that the Giants could be successful if their young (and cheap) position players performed at the level of major-league caliber starters. What followed was a great defensive season from Brandon Crawford and a really nice all-around performance by Brandon Belt.

There will be no Brandons for Giants fans to watch Friday night against Miami. Crawford sits for the third straight day after spraining two of his fingers on a stolen base attempt Tuesday. Crawford will be available to pinch-run and/or pinch-hit, according to Andrew Baggarly. The only hurdle to starting now is the discomfort he feels when releasing the ball on defense.

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Brandon Crawford injury: Giants shortstop out with sprained fingers, plus Wednesday’s lineup

Brandon Crawford is out of the Giants’ lineup Wednesday after spraining his right index and middle fingers in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game against San Diego. The shortstop was injured while sliding into second base, and was called out to add insult to injury. Joaquin Arias slid over from third and Nick Noonan entered the game, batting in Crawford’s No. 6 spot. Noonan reached base twice in a game the Giants went on to win 5-4.

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