With Rafael Devers still dealing with some left hamstring tightness, the Giants are playing it safe and limiting the three-time All-Star to designated hitter duties to start the season. Devers got another start at DH against the Yankees on Friday,

The hamstrings are three muscles located on the back of your thigh, and they’re responsible for bending your knee and extending your hip,” says Marissa Cummo, PT, DPT, assistant director of physical therapy at NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue.

Hamstring muscles are heavily involved in sprinting and stopping, and are particularly at risk of injury in sports such as soccer.

The San Francisco Giants hope the injury won’t hinder this player’s ability to be ready to play on opening day.

Giants manager Tony Vitello said Friday that Devers has started at designated hitter in the first two games of the season in part because of lingering tightness in his left hamstring, John Shea of The San Francisco Standard reports.

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