Giants calling up No. 1 prospect, LHP Kyle Harrison (report)
ATLANTA — The Giants are calling on their No. 1 prospect to provide their pitching workers a lift within the crew’s playoff push.
San Francisco is predicted to name up southpaw Kyle Harrison, who simply celebrated his twenty second birthday, to make his debut on Tuesday in Philadelphia, in response to FanSided’s Robert Murray. The membership has not confirmed the news.
“Nothing I can confirm for you there,” supervisor Gabe Kapler mentioned. “Obviously, I saw the report. I get it, but not able to confirm that right now.”
Harrison — the No. 20 general prospect on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects listing and the No. 1 left-handed pitching prospect — was chosen within the third spherical of the 2020 MLB Draft and thought of the perfect wholesome prep left-hander in that class. He’s the group’s most hyped pitching prospect since four-time All-Star Madison Bumgarner.
Harrison has made 20 begins this season for Triple-A Sacramento and recorded a 4.66 ERA with 105 strikeouts to 48 walks over 65 2/3 innings. He has a 35.6% strikeout proportion with a 16.3% stroll proportion this 12 months with the River Cats. Harrison impressed in his two most up-to-date begins, logging 11 strikeouts to zero walks throughout 7 1/3 innings, together with a 60-pitch effort in his final begin on Tuesday. His latest outings even caught the attention of president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi.
Harrison has proven the flexibility to trigger swings and misses together with his three-pitch mixture of a four-seam fastball, a slider and a changeup. Here’s MLB Pipeline’s evaluation on Harrison: “Harrison’s low slot creates good angle and shape on his pitches. He’s still learning to harness his enhanced stuff, though his ability to miss bats in the strike zone with all three of his offerings means he doesn’t need to locate them with precision. Once he refines his control and command, he’ll be ready to help the Giants and should headline their rotation in the near future.”
The Giants have Logan Webb and Alex Cobb because the frontline starters of their rotation, however varied accidents have triggered them to rely closely on openers, and Kapler has been artistic together with his bullpen utilization. Other than Cobb and Webb, no Giants pitcher has made greater than 11 begins this season, so Harrison’s arrival offers them one other arm with starter potential.
With Ross Stripling touchdown on the injured listing with a mid-back pressure Saturday, Harrison is a possible choice to exchange him. There was consideration of bringing Harrison up towards the Braves, because the Giants didn’t announce Sunday’s starter till Saturday evening. But dealing with baseball’s greatest crew at dwelling, one which has punished lefties all 12 months, wasn’t in San Francisco’s plans for Harrison. Facing Philadelphia on the highway with postseason implications remains to be a leap into the fireplace, however he has additional days to arrange.
