It has nothing to do with Kyle Harrison having a bad or disappointing season. It’s just a matter of logistics. The Giants won’t need to protect Harrison from the Rule 5 draft this offseason, which means he won’t need to be added to the 40-man roster. And, as I've been scolded mercilessly, the rosters only expand to 28 in September.
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Last news I could find about him:
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And he was taken due to his perceived proximity to the bigs. Now, just 2 years after drafting him, he isn’t anywhere near any top prospect lists.Last news I could find about him:
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Giants' Will Bednar: Dealing with back tightness
Rotowire OCT 27, 2022
Bednar experienced back tightness while playing in the Arizona Fall League, and the Giants opted to shut him down Thursday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The 22-year-old's reps in Arizona had added importance since he landed on the injured list in June and missed the rest of the season, but the back issue will bring an early end to that development period. Bednar will now have a few months to get healthy for the start of spring training in February.
Giants' Will Bednar: Placed on injured list
Rotowire JUN 29, 2022
Bednar was placed on the 7-day minor-league injured list for an undisclosed reason Wednesday, Single-A San Jose broadcaster Joe Ritzo reports.
Bednar has struggled in the minors over the last several weeks, logging a 6.52 ERA, 24:12 K:BB and 1.45 WHIP in 19.1 innings. The right-hander hasn't pitched in a game since June 12, and he'll be forced to miss at least a week due to his unspecified injury.
Giants' Will Bednar: Unimpressive in Single-A
Rotowire JUN 7, 2022
Bednar has a 4.37 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 44:18 K:BB in 35 innings (10 starts) for Single-A San Jose.
The 14th overall pick in last season's draft, Bednar is less than a week shy of his 22nd birthday, so it'd be nice to see him showing some more dominance at the lowest level of full-season ball. He's lasted five innings in just one of his starts this year, and that was back on April 27; he's also had a pair of five-run explosions in his last four outings. With too many walks (4.6 BB/9), a 5.64 FIP and a 5.11 xFIP, Bednar certainly isn't having the kind of success the Giants expected. There's considerable relief risk here.
FZ's drafting has been very underwhelming thus far. Schmitt may be the exception to the rule and even that is too early to say.
In the Giants' defense, they really didn't invite any pitchers to camp who weren't at least getting a legitimate shot at pitching in AAA.
I think it'll be Ramos.
Hey, Culberson is still available. He could provide that middle infield depth that FZ craves.
To be fair, the 2020 draft looks AWESOME.
So he expects someone else (Hjelle? Long? Beck? Bermudez?) to fill in when injuries hit the rotation? Or, despite how well Harrison may do, they'll just role with an opener when a spot in the rotation needs to be filled?
True, that year has some encouraging players. I forgot that both Schmitt and Harrison were picked that year.
The depth chart looks like this:
Harrison and Bum are good comparisons. Harrison isn’t exactly like Bum, stuff-wise, but I get the sense that he is a bit of a red-ass and goes in with the mentality of his starts being HIS games (very much Bum-like).More like Bumgarner. Similar stuff.
I'll take either one, though.
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