Previous to yesterday’s recreation, the Giants positioned left-hander Kyle Harrison on the 15-day injured checklist attributable to an impingement in his throwing shoulder. The position is retroactive to September 4. Righty Austin Warren was known as up from Triple-A to take Harrison’s spot on the energetic roster.
Given the timing of the damage and the truth that the Giants have fallen out of competition, there’s “most likely an excellent probability” Harrison’s season is over, supervisor Bob Melvin informed the San Francisco Chronicle’s John Shea and different reporters. Harrison underwent an MRI on Thursday and can get extra exams completed this coming week, and even when the whole lot comes again clear, it appears unlikely he’d construct his arm energy again up only for a sake of some meaningless innings on the finish of September. Melvin mentioned Harrison had already been battling shoulder soreness for his previous few 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 charge was under 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 quite a lot of success in opposition to the whole lot 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 recommended that Harrison’s winter will contain “figuring out what he must do so far as constructing himself up, getting somewhat stronger possibly,” 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 attributable to an ankle sprain earlier this summer season.
All issues thought-about, nonetheless, it was nonetheless a reasonably first rate rookie season for a pitcher who solely simply turned 23 final month. Broadly considered certainly one of baseball’s finest pitching prospects, Harrison did nothing to shake his standing as a key piece of San Francisco’s future plans. Harrison is essentially the most highly-touted of a gaggle of youthful arms the Giants hope can proceed to become 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 secure 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.
