Lehigh Valley righthander Tom Eshelman threw a side session Tuesday but felt discomfort as he battles back from a strained right hip flexor. IronPigs manager Dusty Wathan said Eshelman would remain on the disabled list and skip his next start.
“If he were in the big leagues, he’d probably pitch,” Wathan said. “But we want to limit his innings anyway. We don’t want him to change his mechanics. It’s not worth putting him in that situation.”
Eshelman, 23, was placed on the disabled list on July 20 after pitching six innings against Gwinnett three days earler.
In 12 starts at Lehigh Valley this season, Eshelman is 7-2 with a 2.