Ross Stripling's first season in San Francisco ain't off to the best start -- he revealed Monday he accidentally went through the team's picture day with food in his teeth!!!
The new Giants pitcher posed for the photos a couple days ago -- but when they came back this week ... he noticed something wasn't quite right with his pearly whites.
In between two of his top incisors -- there was something black wedged in ... and it didn't take him long to realize it was actually part of his lunch that day!!
The 33-year-old, though, was a good sport about it all ... tweeting a photo of the mishap and laughing it all off.
"Went the entire picture day with a piece of pepper in my teeth and no one told me," he said, adding a crying emoji.
No word yet if the Giants will retake the photos for the guy, who signed with the team in free agency in December, or if they'll simply work some photoshop magic.
Seems Stripling is cool with it all either way -- a good omen for a pitcher looking to make an immediate impact with his new squad ASAP.