Patrick

Bailey

Chapman wasted no time winning the award for the first time in the National League in his first season with the Giants -- impressively beating out Nolan Arenado to do it. Here’s the full list of Gold Glove winners in the National League (along with how many times they have won the award): C: Patrick Bailey (1), 1B: Christian Walker (3), 2B: Brice Turang (1), SS: Ezequiel Tovar (1), 3B Matt Chapman (5), P: Chris Sale (1), LF: Ian Happ (3), CF: Brenton Doyle (2), RF: Sal Frelick (1), UT: Jared Triolo (1).

The stolen base was just Bailey’s fourth of the season. He’s hitting .234 with a .637 OPS and 46 RBI on the year. Bailey had struggled mightily with one home run, 13 RBI and a .431 OPS in 51 games in the second half entering Saturday.

Bailey was responsible for all of the offense for the Giants on Thursday. Well, at least the driving hitters in portion of it. The backstop hit a two-run single off Merrill Kelly in the fourth, and then he gave San Francisco the win with the two-bagger off Kevin Ginkel that scored Tyler Fitzgerald. Bailey has now driven in 42 runs, and the pair of knocks helps improve his slash to a still-uninspiring .233/.295/.339 over 348 at-bats.

Bailey wound up missing the minimum with his mild oblique strain. He’s in the lineup as the catcher and No. 6 hitter for the Giants today. Andrew Knapp was DFA’d to make room for him.

The 25-year-old backstop has been shelved since August 19 with a right oblique strain. Those injuries have been notoriously tricky, so it would be a bit surprising to see any player, let alone a catcher, return after just 10 days. It sounds like that’s the case though. Fantasy managers should expect to have him back in their lineups for Thursday’s matchup against the Brewers.

Bailey expressed optimism earlier this week that he wasn’t going to miss too much time due to mild right side tightness, but clearly things have changed. The 25-year-old backstop underwent an MRI on Tuesday evening that revealed an oblique strain. No word yet on the severity, which will determine how much time he misses.

Bailey will sit out his second straight contest on Tuesday evening due to minor right side tightness with veteran Curt Casali handling the catching duties. The 25-year-old backstop is headed for an MRI on his right side to rule out anything more serious. There should be an update on his status at some point in the coming days.

Bailey called the problem “very, very minor,” so consider him day-to-day for now. Curt Casali went 2-for-3 with an RBI in his place on Monday.

Curt Casali is starting in his place. If this turns out to be more than a day-to-day injury, the Giants will likely recall Jakson Reetz, unless maybe they’re feeling better about Blake Sabol’s defense of late.

Bailey had a lot of company in struggling against Chris Sale, but this is part of an extended drought for the catcher; he’s hit just .111/.151/.124 in 86 plate appearances during the second half, dropping his OPS from .784 to .654. He finished off the first half as the Giants’ cleanup hitter, but it could be some time before he sees the middle of the order again.