Mahle, 31, has a 5.13 ERA through 18 starts this season with 89 strikeouts in 94.2 innings. Opponents are hitting .265 off the 10-year veteran, while posting a 1.39 WHIP - his worst since 2018 (1.59).
Molina, 24, is tossing a 3.78 ERA in 17 games (nine starts) in Triple-A this season. He had a brief stint in the majors this year, but gave up three runs on six hits through five innings of work before being sent back down.
This will be Mahle's fifth team in five years. He spent the previous two seasons with the Texas Rangers after spending one-and-a-half years with the Minnesota Twins, who acquired him from the Cincinnati Reds in 2022.
Mahle made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Reds, peaking with them in 2021 when he finished with a 3.75 ERA, career-high 210 strikeouts, and a league-leading 32 starts.
Prior to this season with the Giants, Mahle was stellar for the Rangers in his 16 starts, tossing a career-best 2.18 ERA but in only 16 starts.
He missed most of the 2023 and 2024 seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery, starting in just eight total games between the Twins and Rangers in that time span.
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