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Franco was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday, Amy Gutierrez of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
The 27-year-old posted a 3.38 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and four strikeouts across 5.1 innings in his first major-league stint with San Francisco during the closing months of the 2019 season. Franco's debut was a result of closer Tony Watson fracturing his left wrist in September. With the Giants bullpen operating at nearly full strength this spring, the right-handed Franco will return to the minors to continue developing until he is once again called upon to join a big-league bullpen.
