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Winn heads back to the minors after posting a pedestrian 4.50 ERA across 10 innings over seven appearances for the Giants.

Winn finds himself back in the majors with Giants closer Randy Rodríguez on the injured list with an elbow sprain. The 27-year-old has made a pair of scoreless relief appearances this season at the big-league level.

Winn has tossed a pair of scoreless frames in two appearances for San Francisco this season. The 27-year-old righty figures to be up-and-down over the final six weeks as needed to cover low-leverage spots.

The 27-year-old hurler will join the Giants for their weekend series against the Rays with Ryan Walker heading to the paternity list. Winn has been hit hard in the minor leagues this season, posting a troublesome 8.49 ERA, 1.80 WHIP and a 24/8 K/BB ratio across 23 1/3 innings across three levels. He’ll give manager Bob Melvin another option in the middle innings.

There was virtually zero chance for Winn, who is still making his way back from last year’s elbow surgery, to break camp in the majors this spring, especially with Hayden Birdsong and Landen Roupp pitching exceptionally. The 27-year-old righty will head back to Triple-A as extra organizational depth to open the regular season.

Winn struck out five, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Rockies off the board in the second. Given how impressive Hayden Birdsong and Landon Roupp have been in battling incumbent Kyle Harrison, there’s really no chance of Winn claiming a spot in the Giants rotation at this point. Still, he could be useful in middle relief if the team goes that route.

Winn’s return from ulnar nerve transposition surgery is going well, and he’s in the mix to step into the rotation if Kyle Harrison fails to secure his spot or someone gets hurt. The more likely scenario is that he heads to Triple-A for a spell, but he rates as a nice fallback, even if he did have a 7.16 ERA in 12 starts before going down last year.

The right-hander will have an ulnar nerve transposition performed. He’ll miss the remainder of the 2024 season and it’s unclear when exactly he’ll be able to get a start on the 2025 campaign, but he shouldn’t miss as long as he would have if undergoing Tommy John surgery.

While Winn suffered a setback on Tuesday and was shut down due to renewed soreness in his elbow, this was actually done as a procedural move to free up a spot on the team’s 40-man roster for the return of Robbie Ray on Wednesday. There’s no clear timeline for when Winn may be able to return.

Winn experienced some elbow soreness last weekend and has been shut back down as a result. With only a couple months left in the year, there isn’t much time for him to restart a throwing program and build back up in time to make much of an impact. The 26-year-old righty has been on the shelf since mid-June due to right elbow inflammation.