AP: Giants could be without Lowry until end of April

San Francisco Giants pitcher Noah Lowry needs surgery after a recent bout of wildness and is probably out until the end of April… The Giants said Thursday that Lowry was diagnosed with exertional compartment syndrome. According to MayoClinic.com, it is “an exercise-induced neuromuscular condition that causes pain, swelling and sometimes even disability in affected muscles of the legs or arms” and seems to affect primarily athletes in their 20s.
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“The thing we wanted to do was identify the problem and it looks like we’ve done that,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “Despite it’s not great news, it is good news to have found out what’s going on, what the problem is.”

Lowry could resume throwing in two or three weeks, but Bochy acknowledged the lefty probably won’t be available to pitch until the end of April.

“This is something that I don’t know enough about it to know how rare it is, but you don’t hear about it a lot,” Bochy said. “It’s not like this is a common occurrence in baseball players.”