Monday BP: Jung Hoo Lee has a dislocated shoulder

The San Francisco Giants celebrated Mother’s Day in style on Sunday, beating the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 in thrilling, walk-off fashion. It was almost a perfect day for the Giants, but something lingered heavy over the stadium.

In the first inning, center fielder Jung Hoo Lee had a violent collision with the center field wall, and it cost him dearly. He took a long time getting up following the play — a three-run double by Jeimer Candelario — and left the game.

While the Giants initially announced that Lee had suffered a shoulder strain, they later offered a more grim update: it was actually a shoulder dislocation. Lee will have an MRI today, and then we’ll all know more.

But that news isn’t good at all. Dislocations rarely have short recovery times, and often the situation is very bad. Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story, for instance, suffered a dislocated shoulder in the opening weeks of the season and was promptly ruled out for the rest of the year. Here’s hoping that isn’t the case for Lee.

The injuries came in a wave for the Giants, who are also without corner outfielders Austin Slater (concussion) and Michael Conforto (hamstring), designated hitter Jorge Soler (shoulder), catcher Tom Murphy (knee), and shortstop Nick Ahmed (wrist), while only welcoming catcher Patrick Bailey back on Saturday.

In fact, the team doesn’t have any outfielders left on the 40-man roster to call up to replace Lee, though that in and of itself isn’t much of a problem, since they still have three outfielders (Mike Yastrzemski, Luis Matos, and Heliot Ramos), and three infielders who are quite competent in the outfield (Tyler Fitzgerald, Brett Wisely, and LaMonte Wade Jr.). But they’re running out of bodies, period. San Francisco has just three position players available to call up: shortstop Marco Luciano, third baseman/first baseman David Villar, and catcher Jakson Reetz. And they don’t have any players knocking on the door, begging to be added to the 40-man roster. It’s one of those three, a trade, or a free agent signing (anyone have Brandon Belt’s number? Or Barry Bonds’?). And it has to be a position player, as the Giants currently have the maximum of 13 pitchers on their roster.

We’ll soon learn which direction they go in, but whatever their choice, the bigger news will be what Lee’s MRI shows. For now, all fingers and toes are crossed that it’s not an early end to his exciting debut season.

What time do the Giants play today?

The Giants kick off a series with the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at 6:45 p.m. PT.

BEAT LA.