And then Carson Seymour, it seems.
Today the San Francisco Giants will embark on their first planned bullpen game of the 2025 season. They had an accidental one about two months ago, when they traded their starting pitcher a few minutes before the game, forcing a bullpen situation, but this one is an honest to goodness bullpen game. We’ve known for a few days that it was coming.
And now we know how it’s starting. On Saturday, Bob Melvin revealed that lefty Matt Gage will open the game and take the first stab at the New York Mets’ terrifying top of the order. It’s expected that Carson Seymour — who was drafted by the Mets — will pitch at some point. Seymour has been developed as a starter, but since June 19 has only thrown nine innings, so he probably can handle a decent chunk of innings, but not enough to be starting. The Giants also revealed that they won’t be making any roster moves before the game, but instead will wait until Monday, when they’ll presumably add a player to start the series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
On that note, lefty Carson Whisenhunt — the top pitching prospect in the system — was a late scratch from his scheduled start on Saturday for AAA Sacramento. Could that be the organization getting ready to have him start on Monday? Or could it be a false alarm, as it’s starting to look like happened when Kai-Wei Teng was scratched from his start earlier in the week?
We’ll soon find out. Until then, enjoy Gage, Seymour, and a good ol’ bullpen game.