The Arizona Diamondbacks say that the problem of the shoulder of Corbin Burnes is not serious, but that will not prevent some from worrying about the new figure launcher.
D-Backs manager Torey Lovullo said on Saturday that the Burnes team of his next departure due to inflammation of the shoulders, by the Republic of Arizona. He would have added that the club hopes that Burnes, aged 30, will be able to make its next scheduled departure and will not require a trip to the 15 days.
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Of the Republic:
“I think it was probably a start or two that he had expressed this and the feeling (tiredness in his shoulder),” said Lovullo before the second match in a three -game series with the Philadelphia Phillies here on May 3.
“We were with him.” What do you think? ” What do you want to do? He says, “I'm fine, let me continue. At one point, we simply decided that the best thing to do, to get ahead is to examine it, get imaging, remove if we need it and let it potentially ignore, and it should be good for the rest of the year. »»
Burnes is a month A $ 210 million contract over six years which he signed with the Arizona Last-SaisonOne of the biggest offers of all players signed in free agency. So far, its results have not been the figures worthy of Cy Young that the D-Backs probably hoped.
Its ERA of 3.58 is higher than average and it launched 32 2/3 innings in six departures, but it largely outperforms its FIP of 5.08 and is in pace for career worst in terms of withdrawal pace (20.0%) and at a walking rate (12.1%). Even more worrying is that its withdrawal rate had already decreased for five consecutive season before joining the D-Backs, and its noise cutter is down compared to an average of 95.3 MPH in 2024 to 93.9 MPH in 2025.
Arizona hopes a) These problems will be fully attributable to its shoulder problem and b) that the question is only a short -term problem. Otherwise, they will face a major headwind because they Try to follow the pace in the absurdly competitive NL West.
Despite a 17-15 file, making it one of the eight teams greater than 0,500 in the NL, they entered the fourth place in their division on Saturday, five games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers of first place.
