Team not moving bullpens off the field

The instant Mac Williamson tripped over the bullpen mound at AT&T Park on April 24 and landed on the concussion list, the Giants began to hear another round of calls to move the bullpens off the playing field, as 27 teams have done.

It won’t happen, Giants President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer said Wednesday, because the club feels there is no place else to put them.

“One injury is one too many,” Baer said. “Of course we would look at alternatives that would make it safer for the players, fans and anybody else. Obviously netting is happening everywhere. But the reality is there aren’t alternatives.”

The most popular fan suggestion is ripping out the kale garden in center field to build a two-tier bullpen, like many ballparks have. Baer said it’s not that simple because of everything else going on behind that fence, including storage for equipment and concessions.

The Giants would have space in right-center if they clipped Triples Alley with a new fence, but Baer said that becomes a baseball question, and neither the front office nor manager Bruce Bochy has suggested the change.

“We put the team together with that in mind on and off through the years,” he said. “It’s our 19th season in the new ballpark. We’ve had a good record.

“The reality is, we have 12½ acres in a super-tight footprint. We knew that the minute we took the site we were going to have to design the ballpark features with that in mind. That’s one of the reasons the bullpens are where they are.”

The Giants, Rays and A’s are the only teams that have bullpens on the playing field.

Finally, Rockies: The Giants have played the Dodgers 10 times. They have had a homeand-home with the Padres and Diamondbacks, and have played the Reds, Nationals, Pirates, Phillies, Braves and even the Angels and Mariners from the American League.

Finally, in their 45th game Thursday night, the Giants will get their first look at a Colorado Rockies squad that has a legitimate shot at winning the division.

These are the Alice in Wonderland Rockies. They are 7-11 at Coors Field and 16-9 on the road. Pitching has been the key. Colorado owns the National League’s lowest opponents’ batting average (.216) and OPS (.653) on the road.

Briefly: Brandon Belt’s streak of five games with a homer against the Reds is the longest Giants streak against a single team since Barry Bonds homered in six straight against the Padres in 2001 . ... Cory Gearrin allowed a Scooter Gennett homer in the seventh inning Wednesday. Jose Valdez followed with two shutout innings.