The Diamondbacks introduced this afternoon that they’ve positioned right-hander Ryne Nelson on the 15-day IL because of shoulder irritation, retroactive to September 11. Left-hander Brandon Hughes was chosen to the roster from Triple-A Reno to interchange Nelson, and catcher Andrew Knizner was designated for task to make room for Hughes on the 40-man roster.
Nelson, 26, entered the season seemingly squeezed out of the membership’s rotation combine by the membership’s signings of lefties Eduardo Rodriguez and Jordan Montgomery over the offseason. That was hardly shocking after a pedestrian 2023 season the place he pitched to a below-average 5.31 ERA and 5.07 FIP throughout 29 appearances (27 begins) for Arizona final yr. That stated, accidents all through the membership’s rotation have saved Nelson within the membership’s rotation virtually all yr. He’s made the many of the surprising alternative and pitched fairly properly, with a 4.33 ERA that’s roughly league common (96 ERA+) and a powerful 3.77 FIP in 147 2/3 innings of labor. Whereas that hasn’t essentially been sufficient to provide him a leg up over fellow teenager Brandon Pfaadt (4.42 ERA, 3.54 FIP) on the back-of-the-rotation, accidents and ineffectiveness have hampered each Rodriguez and particularly Montgomery this yr, main the Diamondbacks to kick the latter to the bullpen late final month.
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