Citing "structural issues" in his elbow, Brian Wilson will likely have surgery, and it will likely end his season. So that sucks.
The closer situation will go to committee, but my guess is that Santiago Casilla will emerge as the de facto 9th inning guy. He's coming off two absolute monster years -- racking up 3 WAR over the two years in 107 innings. By comparison, last year Lincecum pitched twice that many innings to compile 4.4 WAR. Plus Casilla was 6 for 6 in save situations last year, if I'm not mistaken.
None of this is official yet. Even if the worst-case scenario plays out, this is an area where the Giants do have some other options. I think they'll be fine. Plus, we got our ace going tonight.
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