MILWAUKEE -- With the non-waiver Trade Deadline six days away and the Brewers already eyeing pitching, there was a new development on Wednesday: Zach Davies has had another setback.
Davies, a steady starter for the Brewers over the past two seasons, has been limited to eight starts and a 5.23 ERA in 2018 because of right shoulder and lower back ailments. He was scheduled to begin another Minor League rehabilitation assignment on Thursday with Class A Wisconsin, but developed renewed stiffness in his back and will undergo an MRI scan instead, manager Craig Counsell said.
The setback came days after the Brewers lost another starting pitcher, Brent Suter, to a season-ending elbow injury.