- Position
- P
- Number
- #71
- Age
- 23
- Pieces here
- 5
On the record
Called Shots →San Francisco uses at least thirteen different starting pitchers in the 2026 regular season.
Matt Wilkinson pitches in at least one of San Francisco's three games at Boston, August 21 to 23, 2026.
Written about him
San Francisco's Active Roster Does Not List A Shortstop
San Francisco placed Willy Adames (left elbow sprain on the transaction log; MLB.com reported an MRI showing a moderate strain of the non-throwing elbow, and the two wordings are recorded here as published rather than blended) and Victor Bericoto (right knee bone bruise) on the 10-day injured list on August 24 and JT Brubaker (bruised ribs) on the 15-day, all three hurt in Sunday's 5-4 loss at Boston. Bryce Eldridge went on the bereavement list and Matt Wilkinson was optioned. The Giants recalled five men from Triple-A Sacramento the same day: Nate Furman, Grant McCray, Anthony Molina, Ryan Walker and Shay Whitcomb. Adames had started 121 games at shortstop and played 1,046.1 innings there; MLB's active-roster page now lists no shortstop among the 26. Christian Koss, a third baseman with 71 innings at short this year and two innings pitched, played the position Monday while Whitcomb made his Giants debut at third. San Francisco won 5-0 behind six pitchers after losing starter Carson Whisenhunt in the third inning to left elbow pain. Whisenhunt was scheduled for an MRI on Tuesday morning and no result has been published. The Giants have used 58 players this season, tied with the Angels and the Athletics for fifth-most in the majors against a league median of 52, and seven of them made their San Francisco debut in August.
The Giants Called Up Tugboat Wilkinson To Start And Used Him For Seven Batters
Matt Wilkinson made his major league debut on Wednesday against the organization that drafted him in 2023 and traded him in May, and San Francisco used him as an opener: two scoreless innings, seven batters, twenty-five pitches, then Adrian Houser for the next five. It is the second time in 126 regular-season games that a Giants starter has been pulled after two innings or fewer by design, and Houser has thrown the bulk innings behind both, and won both. Vitello said the two innings were partly to get Wilkinson on a major league mound and partly to set him up for innings in Boston.
