San Francisco Giants fans will get their first look at a roster overhauled at the trade deadline when the Detroit Tigers visit for a three-game series beginning Friday night.

Two teams that dealt front-line pitchers this month will begin the interleague set with questions about their rotation.

The Giants haven't announced a starting pitcher for Friday but might give right-hander Adrian Houser (2-7, 4.70 ERA) a spot start in Robbie Ray's vacated spot in the series opener.

Houser has faced the Tigers four times in his career, three times as a starter, going 0-1 with a 5.49 ERA.

The Tigers are scheduled to start right-hander Keider Montero (8-6, 3.17 ERA) on Friday and send Jackson Jobe to the mound on Saturday for the first time since he underwent Tommy John surgery 14 months ago. Montero would replace two-time American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, who was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers last weekend.

Two hot pitchers -- Detroit's Troy Melton and San Francisco's Logan Webb -- are penciled in for Sunday's finale.

While they were on a weeklong trip to San Diego and Texas that sandwiched the trade deadline, the Giants dealt six veteran players -- left fielder Heliot Ramos, second baseman Luis Arraez, rotation starters Ray and Tyler Mahle, and relievers Caleb Kilian and Erik Miller -- for nine prospects.

The result was two wins in seven games amid the promotion of seven players from the minors who, for the most part, will have to introduce themselves to Giants fans. Four new position players have combined for a total of six plate appearances, while three new pitchers have worked at Oracle Park for a total of 16 games in their careers.

That doesn't count the prospect of whom Giants fans likely are most familiar -- former Boston Red Sox infielder Marcelo Mayer, who was in town Thursday to be evaluated for a stress reaction in his left forearm that's had him on the injured list since June.

San Francisco president of baseball operations Buster Posey took time it upon himself to acquaint Mayer with his new fans, even though the former top prospect is not ready to make his Giants debut.

"Mayer, for those that don't know him, is a really interesting and exciting type of player," Posey said in a radio interview. "A 6-foot-3 middle infielder ... has a history of really being able to swing the bat. Somebody we're really excited about. Hopefully, a change of scenery can kind of give him a reset and be a productive Giant for a long time."

Mayer is batting .220 in 70 games this season, with three homers and 22 RBIs.

Interestingly, Tigers fans are much more familiar with Mayer than their San Francisco counterparts are. Sixteen of his 364 career plate appearances have come against Detroit. He's gone 4-for-14 (.286) with two walks and four strikeouts.

For the Tigers, Montero will get the team's first shot at San Francisco's overhauled lineup. The third-year veteran has won both his career starts against the Giants, allowing four runs in 10 innings.

The Tigers flew into San Francisco after an 11-0 shellacking of the Seattle Mariners on the road Thursday afternoon. Dillon Dingler homered in all three games of a 2-1 series win, going 7-for-14 with six RBIs.

Like Melton on Tuesday and Framber Valdez on Thursday, Montero's goal is to attempt to take the focus off the Tigers who no longer are around -- namely Skubal and right-hander Casey Mize, who was traded to San Diego on Monday.

"You lose a couple friends, good competitors, guys that are going to go out there and give you seven great innings," Detroit infielder Zach McKinstry expressed to reporters in Seattle. "But you just swallow the pill and you try to move on, make new friends and enjoy it."

--Field Level Media