PT TODAY: Bay Area Blues—Belt breaks thumb, Straily sent down, Cook out

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Giants | Brandon Belt has broken thumb
San Francisco Giants 1B Brandon Belt (thumb) suffered a broken left thumb during the team's game Friday, May 9.  Source: San Francisco Chronicle - Henry Schulman
 
BHQ take: Belt's strangely disjointed season will be interrupted for at least the next six weeks while his thumb heals. Through April 20, hitting mostly second in the batting order, he was at .305/.337/.539. When he was moved down the order one spot, those numbers dipped considerably before a few days off (and another batting order move) and a partial rebound to their...

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