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By Michael Hurley
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Situated in third place in the NL West while sitting three games out of a wild card spot, the San Francisco Giants are giving the ball to their top pitching prospect on Monday night.
Carson Whisenhunt, a 24-year-old left-hander, will be called up to make his MLB debut on Monday night at Oracle Park against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. The move comes after starter Landen Roupp was placed on the 15-day injured list with elbow inflammation.
Whisenhunt was a second-round pick out of East Carolina in 2022, after he was suspended for his junior season due to a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug. He's the No. 3 overall prospect and the top pitching prospect in the Giants' system, per MLB Pipeline.
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Despite that high ranking, Whisenhunt has put up some rough numbers at the Triple-A level. In 43 starts for the Sacramento River Cats, he's posted an 11-10 record with a 4.94 ERA and 1.478 WHIP. He has racked up strikeouts, though, recording 221 strikeouts in 202 1/3 innings pitched.
Overall in his minor league career, he's gone 12-11 with a 4.18 ERA in 65 appearances (64 starts).
The call-up comes after the Giants were swept at home by the Mets over the weekend. San Francisco has gone 13-21 since acquiring Rafael Devers in the blockbuster trade in mid-June.
Facing the Pirates could be as soft a landing as possible for Whisenhunt, as Pittsburgh ranks dead lat in MLB with 358 runs scored this season -- 18 fewer than second-worst Colorado. The Pirates also have the worst team OPS at .640, well behind the 29th-ranked White Sox at .659. The Pirates have, however, won five of their last six games, including a three-game sweep of the Tigers.
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