Happy weekend, San Francisco Giants fans.
Some negative news hit the Giants on Friday, and while it’s not serious, it does complicate matters: Kyle Harrison has a strained hamstring.
Harrison, nearly unanimously seen as the top prospect in the system and the top left-handed prospect in baseball when the year began, was scheduled to play in the Futures Game today, along with AA Richmond lefty Carson Whisenhunt. But a “moderately strained hamstring” will keep him out of the game, and out of his next handful of starts with AAA Sacramento, as well.
This is bad for the obvious reasons: injuries are a bad thing, especially when they occur to a top player or prospect.