The Cincinnati Reds have shut down rookie right-handed starter Rookie Davis due to a right hip impingement, Reds manager Bryan Price said Sunday. Surgery is being looked at as a possible solution, per a team source, but has not been decided upon yet.
Davis said the issue has been bothering him off and on this season, but Price said it’s mainly been nagging the 23-year-old right-hander for the last three weeks. That would coincide with a drop in Davis’ fastball velocity, from an average of 94 mph earlier in the season to 91 mph this month.
Davis said he doesn’t feel any pain, but that he feels that he doesn’t have the strength to push off of his right foot in order to drive the ball downward when he pitches.