FIRST WORD IT SUCKS. I PUT MYSELF IN THIS SPOT. I WISH I WOULDN’T HAVE. I’VE TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT, AND STILL AM.”

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, telling reporters after an outing for Class A San Jose that he is ready to return to the mound. The 2014 World Series MVP was injured in an April dirt bike accident in Colorado that caused a sprained AC joint in his pitching shoulder along with bruised ribs.

BEN MARGOT, AP