Whisenhunt (foot) returned to Triple-A Sacramento and started Saturday versus Tacoma. He allowed three runs on four hits and a walk while striking out four over three innings in a no-decision.
Whisenhunt was out for a month with a foot injury and returned to Sacramento after pitching five scoreless innings over two rehab appearances at Single-A San Jose. He's struggled in his first taste of Triple-A, pitching to a 5.96 ERA, 1.66 WHIP and 106:44 K:BB over 80 innings across 20 starts. A high walk rate (4.9 BB/9 this year at Triple-A) has troubled Whisenhunt in the upper levels of the minors, though he still has elite strikeout stuff (11.9 K/9).