TODAY : The Giants placed Beck on the 60-day injured list, to create 40-man roster space for the teams acquisition of Matt Chapman. MARCH 1 : Giants right-hander told reporters, including , that he will undergo vascular surgery on Monday at Stanford to addre s the aneurysm in his upper right arm. He wont have a timetable for his return until after going under the knife. Earlier this week, it was that Beck was dealing with some discomfort in his throwing arm, which was eventually diagnosed as an aneurysm. It seems a decision has been made that surgical intervention is nece sary. Although the timetable wont be clear until next week when the procedure has been completed, this further creates uncertainty in the San Francisco rotation, which already stood out as a weak part of the roster. Right-hander underwent hip surgery last year and will begin the season on the injured list. Trade acquisition is recovering from UCL/flexor tendon surgery and wont be back until the All-Star break at the earliest. The Giants have long known about both of those situations but nonethele s came into camp with a rotation consisting of and a series of unknowns. will be looking to move from a relief role to a starting role, something he has never done before. Webb and Hicks were likely Andy Greene Jersey to be joined by youngsters like , and Beck. All three of those guys have shown promise but none of that trio has more than 85 innings in the bigs. For a club planning to contend, thats a lot of rotation uncertainty, which has become more questionable in recent weeks. Winn was dealing with some elbow sorene s last week and although he could still be ready for Opening Day, theres at least a bit of murkine s there. The latest developments with Beck only compound the concerns around the clubs rotation depth. If the Giants decide they need to add to this group, there are still options available in free agency. and are still out there and the Giants have reportedly expre sed interest in both, though a deal has clearly not come together to this point. The club has generally avoided spending on pitching, with the four-year deal for Hicks being the longest since Farhan Zaidi became president of baseball operations in November of 2018, as shown on . The $44MM guarantee for Hicks also matches s two-year deal for the largest guarantee the club has given a pitcher in that time. If the club wants to avoid a huge deal for Snell or Montgomery, they could also pivot to someone more affordable like , or . If they dont look to external additions, then the internal candidates to step up and take a rotation job would include , , and . Hjelle had an ERA of 6.00 in Triple-A last year and a mark of 6.52 working out of the big league bullpen. Teng has yet to make his major league debut. Jefferies has lost most of the past two years due to undergoing both thoracic outlet syndrome surgery in June of 2022 and then Tommy John surgery that September. Howard has a 7.20 ERA in his major league career and has a 5.01 ERA in the minors over the past two years. Oliver Wahlstrom Jersey