Sean Manaea continues to actively hurt the San Francisco Giants' chances every time he pitches. His latest outing, in which he allowed eight runs (four earned) raised his season numbers to a dreadful 7.96 ERA, 8.00 xERA, 6.62 FIP, and 5.02 xFIP. Ross Stripling hasn't been much better. It's fair to say that the SF Giants' two offseason starting pitcher signings have not worked out so far. Both pitchers have much better track records than this, but this team also has a sense of urgency to win, and these two are not helping. So something needs to be done—now.
Manaea and/or Stripling need to move to the bullpen or go on the injured list. There's basically a zero percent chance that either is DFA'd five weeks into their two-year deals. Again, they have track records of being much better than this, but the SF Giants can't afford to keep running them out there in high-leverage situations, and starts count as high-leverage situations.
So what can the Giants do? Fortunately, Alex Wood seems just about ready to come off the IL, so he can push one of them out of the rotation. And there are two key names to watch in Triple-A: Kyle Harrison and Keaton Winn. Farhan Zaidi recently described both as "potentially imminent big leaguers," and the time could be coming quickly.
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