San Francisco Chronicle

First-round pick Beede to make debut Tuesday

- By Henry Schulman Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

Tyler Beede is a pitcher. His wife, Allie DeBerry, is an actor.

“We’re both busy doing our things and making our dreams come true,” Beede said.

His dream of reaching the major leagues is about to come true. The Giants said late Monday that their 2014 first-round draft pick will make his debut Tuesday night against the Diamondbac­ks. On Monday, they put him on their taxi squad and brought him to San Francisco.

The 24-year-old right-hander will be activated Tuesday, with reliever Roberto Gomez optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. The decision was not made until after Monday’s game.

Actually, the entire rotation over the next few days was in flux because, manager Bruce Bochy said, “We’ve got a few moving parts, and we want to make sure we do the right thing.”

Johnny Cueto, who was listed as Tuesday’s starter, already pushed back a day after Friday’s rainout, will be pushed back again to Wednesday. Cueto is healthy. This is more about setting up the rotation for the next 10 days.

One factor was when Jeff Samardzija is ready to join the rotation. Samardzija threw 45 pitches over three innings in an extended spring game in Arizona on Monday and is expected to pitch in the minors Saturday, which would make him ready for an April 19 debut in Phoenix.

At the same time, the Giants needed to consider their bullpen depth and whom to option when they added Beede to the 25-man roster. Derek Holland’s six-inning start Monday night enabled Bochy to use only two relievers, Gomez, who worked two innings, and Sam Dyson.

Beede’s parents and brother flew to San Francisco to see Tyler make his big-league debut, which comes after 72 minor-league starts and one badly timed groin injury last summer that prevented him from getting a September call-up.

He was not sure if his wife can come. She is shooting a western in Tucson.

Beede might have had a start or two under his belt if not for the injury at Triple-A.

“I gave myself 48 hours after I got hurt to let the emotions that I think any normal person would feel in those moments” pass, Beede said. “After that, I was really locked in on getting my body ready to pitch, whether it was in the Fall League or start of spring training.

“I think I had a positive mind-set through the recovery process and into fall ball. Hopefully, that’s paid off for where I’m at now.”

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