SAN FRANCISCO — Wednesday notes:
Colin Rea, RHP vs. Carson Whisenhunt, LHP
Colin Rea’s last three starts have produced very good results: 2.16 ERA, 1.080 WHIP, no home runs in 16.2 innings. The only glitch: Too many walks (nine).
Rea allowed the Giants five runs (four earned) in five innings May 6 at Wrigley Field. He’ll need to be better tonight. It should be noted that Rea has been slightly better on the road (3.81 ERA in 11 games, eight starts) than at Wrigley (4.06 ERA in 15 games, 14 starts) this year and also a bit better in night games (3.64 ERA in 10 games, seven starts) than day games (4.15 ERA in 16 games, 15 starts).
Carson Whisenhunt was the Giants’ second-round pick in 2022 out of East Carolina. He was a Top 100 MLB prospect in 2024 and played in the Futures Game in both 2023 and 2024.
He made his MLB debut July 28 and has made four starts. He has yet to complete six innings in any of them, and in his last two didn’t make it out of the fourth. He’s never faced the Cubs or anyone on their active roster. Per his pitch selection chart below, he throws a lot of offspeed stuff. Let’s hope Cubs hitters clobber that pitch selection — 0ther teams have, as he’s allowed five home runs in 18.1 MLB innings.
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