Bruce Bochy Hospitalized: Updates on Giants Manager's Status and Return

The San Francisco Giants were without manager Bruce Bochy for Monday night’s game against the Miami Marlins because of an illness, per Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, but he is ready to return.

Jon Heyman of Today's Knuckleball noted that Bochy has been released from the hospital, is feeling better and will manage on Tuesday night.

According to Schulman, the Giants didn’t give a reason for Bochy’s hospitalization on Monday other than that he was "feeling ill." Schulman noted on Monday that the manager was "expected to rejoin the team Tuesday after being held overnight for observation" at the University of Miami Hospital.

Bochy was admitted to the hospital on Monday morning, although it wasn’t "immediately clear if this had anything to do with a February 2015 heart procedure in which Bochy had two stents inserted," per Schulman.

The Giants kicked off a three-game series in Miami on Monday, and bench coach Ron Wotus assumed manager duties for Bochy in the contest. The Giants won Monday's game 8-7 in 14 innings. 

Bochy has been with the Giants since the 2007 season and sports an 814-755 record with the club. The 1996 National League Manager of the Year helmed the San Diego Padres from 1995-2006 before joining the Giants.

Bochy has led the Giants to three World Series titles during his tenure in San Francisco (2010, 2012 and 2014) and has the team well-positioned to challenge for another crown this year when he returns. The Giants are 63-48 and sit a game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West.

However, the division leaders are also in the midst of a slump and are a mere 7-15 since the All-Star break.