SF Giants’ top pitching prospect Whisenhunt to make debut on Monday

SAN FRANCISCO With the Giants rotation in flux following Hayden Birdsong s demotion and Landen Roupp s injury manager Bob Melvin disclosed following Sunday s - loss to the New York Mets that top pitching prospect Carson Whisenhunt will start on Monday and make his major-league debut We ve been waiting for this for a little bit now Melvin commented We thought maybe he d be here last year too He s our top pitching prospect I believe With what s going on with the injury and Bird going down there s a need for it It ll be exciting to see him pitch The -year-old left-hander in recent days represented the Giants along with undrafted reliever Trent Harris at the All-Star Futures Meeting in Atlanta retiring both batters that he faced This season Whisenhunt owns a ERA with strikeouts over innings in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League Whisenhunt a second-round pick in the MLB draft started the season hot by posting a ERA over his first nine starts twice being named PCL Pitcher of the Week At one point Whisenhunt had four straight outings where he completed seven innings and struck out batters over innings He hasn t experienced the same success over his last nine starts posting a ERA over innings Related Articles SF Giants swept by Mets in bullpen battle as commerce deadline looms Devers defensive growing pains on display as SF Giants drop series to Mets SF Giants reflect on Ichiro s career ahead of Hall of Fame induction Webb s contemporary struggles continue as SF Giants thumped by Mets SF Giants Roupp placed on injured list as starting rotation takes another hit The left-hander s best pitch is his changeup an offspeed offering that is widely considered to be elite On the - scouting scale FanGraphs gave Whisenhunt s changeup an The length of Whisenhunt s outing will depend on his efficiency against the Pittsburgh Pirates which rank last in all of baseball in OPS Whisenhunt s last outing was on July when he pitched innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-A affiliate Once Whisenhunt s night ends there s a strong possibility that right-hander Carson Seymour could follow him out of the bullpen Seymour Whisenhunt and Carson Ragsdale who is at present pitching for Triple-A Sacramento represent the Giants trio of Carsons It was fun to watch declared Seymour who has allowed two runs over six innings this season I got to watch him up close in the dugout It s a legit changeup for sure The fastball s good The sequencing is great He s a great pitcher really good pitcher