Zach Davies left the Diamondbacks recreation in opposition to the Dodgers with a strained left indirect, the workforce introduced. Davies pitched 4 1/3 innings (86 pitches), giving up 4 earned runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. Whereas it’s too early to know the severity of the pressure, obliques are at all times purpose for concern and sometimes require a number of weeks, and even months, on the sideline.
This was Davies’ second begin of the yr after re-signing on a one-year, $5MM cope with the Diamondbacks. In his first, he threw 5 innings of 1 run ball, giving up 4 hits and recording 4 strikeouts. Final yr, Davies tossed 134 1/3 innings of 4.09 ERA ball over 27 begins for the Snakes.
The previous Brewer, Padres and Cub has had a strong profession within the bigs, offering helpful back-of-the-rotation innings. All instructed, he owns a 4.12 ERA over 183 massive league begins. His finest yr got here within the shortened 2020 season with San Diego, when Davies labored to a 2.73 ERA throughout 12 begins.
This might open the door for the Diamondbacks at hand prime pitching prospect Brandon Pfaadt an enormous league debut. Pfaadt is off to a tough begin at Triple-A, giving up 5 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings in his solely begin, however he labored to a 2.63 ERA in ten begins there final yr. The 24-year-old ranked fourth on Keith Regulation’s prospect rankings in The Athletic (thirty eighth in all of baseball), with Regulation describing him as “no less than a mid-rotation starter”.
Tommy Henry can be at Triple-A and made 9 begins for the Diamondbacks final season, and regardless of these begins going for a 5.36 ERA he might be an possibility if the workforce thinks Pfaadt wants extra time to develop. They may additionally flip to former first spherical picks Blake Walston and Slade Cecconi as choices to get their first style of the large leagues.
