Can Kyle Harrison force the SF Giants’ front office into a tough decision?

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Giants general manager Zack Minasian has been impressed with the seasons Kyle Harrison and Carson Whisenhunt have had thus far in Triple-A Sacramento If both pitchers keep it up they could force the Giants front office into making a tough decision about bringing them to the big leagues Minasian would like nothing more I ve announced this before I ll possibly consistently say this I hope Harrison and Whisenhunt put a lot of pressure on us I really do Minasian commented on KNBR on Thursday morning It s a good difficulty to have and really happy with how those two have progressed along with particular other players throughout the system Harrison struck out seven with no walks and allowed just one earned run over five innings in Sacramento s - loss to Reno on Wednesday night at Sutter Physical condition Park Of his pitches were strikes with his fastball touching - mph Whisenhunt was slated to pitch Thursday night He entered the competition - with a ERA and strikeouts in innings Harrison and Whisenhunt have thrown really well Minasian stated I think Whisenhunt s fastball is in a really good place He s throwing hard It s lively He s got a pretty devastating change-up Harrison great to see the velo But even on top of that just the execution and we re fortunate to have talented pitchers like this at Triple-A Give those two a lot of credit Harrison made starts for the Giants last year and was a candidate to be the Giants fifth starter to begin the season But the left-hander lost ground as an illness he had right before the start of camp caused him to lose between and pounds He was optioned on March Landen Roupp won the job as the fifth starter and is - this season But he has struggled in his last two starts with his ERA rising from on April to after the Giants - loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday Against the Padres Roupp allowed four earned runs on seven hits and walked three over innings Just not crisp Giants manager Bob Melvin revealed of Roupp s day Three walks seven hits so there was several traffic there in four-plus Landen just didn t have his best battle Related Articles What we learned in SF Giants first month of season SF Giants Fitzgerald loses both torpedo bats on back-to-back singles at Petco Park SF Giants swept by Padres in first showdown against NL West rival SF Giants fall to Padres in first battle vs NL West opponent this season SF Giants Wade maintaining confidence despite ice cold April Roupp s next turn in the Giants rotation would be Monday in Chicago against the Cubs San Francisco - starts a four-game series against the MLB-worst Colorado Rockies at home on Thursday For the season in Triple-A Harrison a San Jose native and De La Salle High School alum is - with strikeouts and a ERA over innings For Kyle to go to Triple-A this year after spending the entire season in the big leagues and just continue to improve says a lot about who he is and who he wants to be Minasian revealed