The Giants have placed left-hander on the 15-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Right-hander has been recalled in a corresponding move. Susan Slu ser of the San Francisco Chronicle was among those to relay the transaction . Ray, 32, was acquired in the offseason with an eye toward the former AL Cy Young winner serving as a second-half reinforcement in the rotation. He underwent Tommy John surgery early in the 2023 season and was subsequently shelved through late July. While Ray wowed with five no-hit innings and eight punchouts against the Dodgers in his return on July 24, hes lasted a combined 25 2/3 innings acro s his next six starts and posted an ERA north of 5.00 in that time. Overall, Caris LeVert Jersey hes sitting on a 4.70 earned run average with a hefty 33.3% strikeout rate against a problematic 11.6% walk rate in 30 2/3 frames. Hes also served up six long balls an untenable average of 1.76 homers per nine innings. When or whether Ray returns in 2024 remains to be seen, but the Giants still have him signed for another two seasons. Ray actually has the right to opt out of his contract at seasons end, but hes guaranteed $25MM in each of the next two seasons. Given Rays shaky performance on the heels of Tommy John rehab, and now a hamstring injury, it seems likely hell forgo that right and take the remaining two-year, $50MM guarantee on his deal. The hope, of course, will be that Ray can return to form next season if not all the way to his 2021 Cy Young form then at least to his 2022 levels, when he pitched 189 innings of 3.71 ERA ball for the Mariners while showing an appealing K-BB profile. Thatd position him to join , and perhaps young arms like and in the San Francisco rotation. In the short-term, the Giants will go with a rotation featuring Webb, Harrison, Birdsong and the resurgent . Its not clear wholl step into the fifth spot in Rays absence. Not long after the trade deadline, when discu sing the decision not to move Snell, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi . Perhaps the Giants are indeed among the most talented groups, but its a top-heavy unit lacking depth and consistency and Rays injury only underscores that. , and are all on the 40-man roster, but none has found any big league succe s (or even pitched especially well in Triple-A this year, for that matter). The Giants are also no stranger to patching things over with bullpen games and could go that route, particularly if Ray is only expected to require a short-term stay on the injured list. Reggie Perry Jersey