Previous to yesterday’s recreation, the Giants positioned left-hander Kyle Harrison on the 15-day injured listing because of an impingement in his throwing shoulder. The location is retroactive to September 4. Righty Austin Warren was referred to as up from Triple-A to take Harrison’s spot on the energetic roster.
Given the timing of the harm and the truth that the Giants have fallen out of competition, there’s “most likely a very good probability” Harrison’s season is over, supervisor Bob Melvin instructed the San Francisco Chronicle’s John Shea and different reporters. Harrison underwent an MRI on Thursday and can get extra assessments carried out this coming week, and even when every little thing comes again clear, it appears unlikely he’d construct his arm power again up only for a sake of some meaningless innings on the finish of September. Melvin stated Harrison had already been battling shoulder soreness for his previous couple of begins.
If that is certainly it for Harrison’s 2024 marketing campaign, the previous star prospect will end his first full MLB season with a 4.56 ERA over 124 1/3 innings. That ERA was inflated by 11 earned runs in his final two begins and seven 1/3 innings when Harrison was attempting to pitch by ache, although for the season, Harrison’s 22.2% strikeout fee was beneath the league common. The southpaw additionally ranked solely within the twelfth percentile in each hard-hit ball charges and barrel charges, as opposing batters had loads of success towards every little thing however Harrison’s main pitch, a 92.5mph fastball.
The 124 1/3 innings represents a brand new profession excessive for Harrison, topping the 113 frames he threw within the minors in 2022. Melvin instructed that Harrison’s winter will contain “figuring out what he must do so far as constructing himself up, getting a bit stronger perhaps,” which is regular for a rookie pitcher who now is aware of the grind of a 162-game season. Past this shoulder impingement, Harrison additionally spent a few month on the IL because of an ankle sprain earlier this summer time.
All issues thought of, nevertheless, it was nonetheless a reasonably respectable rookie season for a pitcher who solely simply turned 23 final month. Broadly thought to be considered one of baseball’s greatest pitching prospects, Harrison did nothing to shake his standing as a key piece of San Francisco’s future plans. Harrison is probably the most highly-touted of a gaggle of youthful arms the Giants hope can proceed to turn into rotation reinforcements behind ace Logan Webb, and different extra skilled arms like Robbie Ray and (if he returns to beginning pitching) Jordan Hicks. It’s protected to imagine the Giants will nonetheless look into including pitching this winter contemplating that Blake Snell will nearly absolutely be opting out of his contract, although re-signing Snell stays a risk.
