Madison Bumgarner: ‘I’m walking right out of the ballpark’ if Giants use opener with ace

Madison Bumgarner probably doesn't have much to worry about for now. Madison Bumgarner's thoughts on the opener movement that hit baseball during the 2018 season are about what you would expect: he is extremely not a fan. During an appearance at the San Francisco Giants FanFest on Saturday, manager Bruce Bochy mentioned that he received a text from the team's ace after new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said the team might make use of an opener.