The biggest news of the week will be Kyle Harrison’s major league debut tomorrow for the San Francisco Giants. How much he’ll help the Giants over the final 5-6 weeks, who they’re playing, none of that matters right now. This is the toughest part of the Giants’ schedule and they’re failing the test pretty easily, so it’s better just to focus on the shiny new thing.
Kyle Harrison’s fastball-slider combo promises Peak Alex Wood, and lest you think I’m condemning the rook before he throws a major league pitch, consider that for his first six seasons he was about 20% better than the leage average, limiting home runs and walks while striking out hitters at a decent clip.