SAN FRANCISCO – With an opportunity to get his name into the conversation about who should be in the Giants’ starting rotation, Carson Whisenhunt admitted he tried to do too much and was rushing his delivery in his return to the majors.The numbers showed he was correct in that assessment.
Called back up from the minors before Thursday’s game against the Colorado Rockies, Whisenhunt set a career-high with four walks while throwing 87 pitches in 5 2/3 innings, a respectable 65 percent success rate — but not exactly the type to secure a roster spot.
So now, Whisenhunt has to play the waiting game. Will he still be in the rotation when his next turn comes up, or will he head back down to the minors?
When that scenario played out in mid-June, the Giants sent Whisenhunt to Triple-A Sacramento. All sides agree that the brief trip back to the minors did Whisenhunt some good and got him going back in the right direction.
The Giants felt good enough about it to give Whisenhunt another shot in the pros, and he held up pretty well despite the command issues in San Francisco’s 8-2 win.
Whisenhunt set down...