SF Giants hard-throwing prospect to join Carson Whisenhunt, Bryce Eldridge at Futures Game

The SF Giants will have one more prospect represent them at the Futures Game in Atlanta next week. Trent Harris has been selected to join Carson Whisenhunt and Bryce Eldridge in the Futures Game, per a team announcement.

SF Giants hard-throwing prospect to join Carson Whisenhunt, Bryce Eldridge at Futures Game

Eldridge will not be participating in the game, but he may travel to Atlanta. The power-hitting prospect suffered a hamstring strain at the end of June. The estimated recovery time is upwards of a month.

Whisenhunt will likely make an appearance after being selected. The southpaw pitching prospect has posted a 4.50 ERA, 4.83 FIP, 1.33 WHIP, 7.85 SO/9, and 2.93 SO/W rate in 94 innings with the Sacramento River Cats. This is his second turn through the Pacific Coast League, and he continues to show some of the extreme home and road splits that he had last season.

That said, Whisenhunt has never thrown more than 109.2 innings in a season as a pro, so he should exceed that mark this year by a healthy margin. He continues to rely on a sinker-changeup mix, but his slider has developed nicely.

On the other hand, Trent Harris has aggressively climbed the minor league ladder, reaching Triple-A earlier this season. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2023 out of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Harris, along with Bo Davidson, were signed as undrafted free agents that summer out of the same region by part-time scout Paul Faulk. Now, both are among the top prospects in the Giants' system.

Harris breezed through the lower minors last season, posting a 1.81 ERA with 105 strikeouts and 25 in 79.2 innings split across three levels. He did finish the year in Double-A, but only made two appearances.

The 26-year-old pitcher worked as a multi-inning reliever last season, but he has been limited primarily to one inning each time out this year. He tallied a 1.69 ERA in 13 outings before earning a promotion to Sacramento, but his transition to the Pacific Coast League has not been quite as smooth. He has an 8.76 ERA in 10 appearances with the River Cats.

On the mound, Harris has a mid-90's four-seam fastball that he commands well at the top of the strike zone. He has two distinct breaking balls, with a 12-to-6 curveball often being his go-to secondary pitch. Harris' slider sits in the low-to-mid 80's, and has east-west movement, but with some downward action as well.