A move? Maybe?
The San Francisco Giants have the feel of a team in need of a shake-up, and one might be coming. Though it might be more out of necessity than out of Buster Posey trying to press the right buttons.
After the team’s disappointing loss to the Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon — which resulted in a home sweep — a few reporters, including former McCovey Chronicles writer Roger Munter, noticed something interesting. Right-handed pitching prospect Carson Seymour, who was scheduled to start for AAA Sacramento, had been pulled from the lineup.
Interesting that Carson Seymour isn’t starting tonight for Sacramento RiverCats on his normal rotation day (Kai-Wei Teng announced isntead). Feels like Seymour could be taxi squad inclusion on Giants flight to Chicago. Pitching staff got pretty beat up this homestand
— Roger Munter (@rog61.bsky.social) 2025-06-27T00:33:41.089Z
It certainly could be nothing, but it could be that Seymour is headed to Chicago with the Giants, where he could join the roster or perhaps just stay on the taxi squad.
It would make sense for the Giants to call on Seymour, who was added to the 40-man roster over the offseason as a Rule 5 Draft protection. Their pitching is a little beat up presently — between Justin Verlander and Hayden Birdsong’s tough outings, and Wednesday’s extra-innings affair, the bullpen tossed 13 innings during the three-game series against Miami.
There are also a handful of expendable arms currently in the pen. Joey Lucchesi has been mediocre since taking Kyle Harrison’s roster spot, while Sean Hjelle got demolished on Thursday, and is currently under investigation by MLB for allegations of abuse and child neglect leveled at him by his ex-wife. And given their age and injury history, it wouldn’t be surprising if Verlander or Robbie Ray need a stint on the IL. And the Giants are just three contests into a stretch of 16 straight days with a game.
Of the Giants crew of exciting AAA arms — which also features Carson Whisenhunt, Carson Ragsdale, Mason Black, Trevor McDonald, and Keaton Winn — Seymour has been the best this year. He has a 3.89 ERA and a 4.53 FIP, figures that rank third among the 22 Pacific Coast League pitchers with at least 50 innings thrown this year. He has a nice strikeout rate (10.1 per nine innings), and has been excellent lately, giving up just three runs in 17.1 innings over his last three starts.
If the 2021 sixth-round pick, who came to the Giants in the J.D. Davis/Darin Ruf trade, gets to make his MLB debut, well … that would be pretty exciting.