Carson Whisenhunt, the Giants’ top pitching prospect, will likely make his major-league debut sometime later this year. Before that call arrives, he’ll represent the organization alongside the game’s best young talent.
Whisenhunt will head to Atlanta in July as San Francisco’s lone representative for the 2025 Futures Game, the annual exhibition game during the All-Star Break that features some of baseball’s best prospects.
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First baseman Bryce Eldridge, the organization’s top prospect, would have been another appropriate selection, but the 20-year-old is currently rehabbing a moderate right hamstring strain. Prior to the injury, Eldridge was hitting .263/.329/.484 with 10 homers and 33 RBIs over 50 games between Double-A Richmond and Triple-A Sacramento.
Overall, the 24-year-old Whisenhunt has a 4.55 ERA with 79 strikeouts over 16 starts in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. For Whisenhunt, it’s been something of a tale of two seasons up to this point.
Whisenhunt posted a 3.00 ERA over his first nine starts with 52 strikeouts over 51 innings, winning PCL Pitcher of the Week on two occasions. The 2022 second-rounder began the month of May by pitching seven innings in four consecutive starts, allowing four runs over 28 innings (1.29 ERA).
Over his last seven starts, by contrast, Whisenhunt has allowed 28 runs over 38 innings (6.63 ERA) and only pitched at least six innings on one occasion. During this recent stretch, Whisenhunt has seen his strikeout rate drop and walk rate jump.
The Giants’ rotation depth is significantly weaker after Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks were sent to the Boston Red Sox as part of the Rafael Devers trade, and it wouldn’t be shocking if San Francisco called upon Whisenhunt to provide major-league innings this season.
Last week, right-hander Carson Seymour became the first member of the organization’s “Carson trio” (Seymour, Whisenhunt, Carson Ragsdale) to make it to the majors. Seymour worked around a pair of hits to pitch a scoreless inning in his debut on Sunday as the Giants dropped a series to the Chicago White Sox.
