Guardians promote top prospect Bo Naylor, put RHP McKenzie on injured list
PHOENIX (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians known as up catching prospect Bo Naylor and put right-handed pitcher Triston McKenzie on the 15-day injured record on Saturday.
The roster strikes come at some point after the Guardians designated veteran catcher Mike Zunino for task.
The 23-year-old Naylor was hitting .254 with 13 homers and 48 RBIs at Triple-A Columbus. The Canadian was chosen with the twenty ninth total choose of the 2018 draft. He’ll be a part of his older brother Josh Naylor, who additionally performs for the Guardians.
McKenzie’s elbow difficulty is the newest damage setback for the right-hander, who missed the primary two months with a shoulder pressure. The Guardians have excessive hopes for the hard-throwing McKenzie, who went 11-11 with a 2.96 ERA in 30 begins final season.
McKenzie was sensible in his season debut on June 4, placing out 10 over 5 scoreless innings. He struggled in his second outing towards the Astros final week and was scratched from his deliberate begin towards the Diamondbacks on Friday.
Bo Naylor has made two cameos with the Guardians over the previous two seasons and has 10 big-league at-bats. This time, supervisor Terry Francona stated he hopes the younger slugger is right here to remain.
“Nobody has a crystal ball, but that’s the idea,” Francona stated.
Francona stated he doesn’t understand how he’ll cut up the catching duties between Naylor and Cam Gallagher, apart from that Naylor will begin Sunday’s recreation. The veteran supervisor added that citing a catcher from the minors is usually harder due to all the place’s tasks, significantly dealing with the pitching employees.
“The game for young catchers can be going so fast,” Francona stated. “So we’ll try to simplify for him.”
Zunino was hitting .177 with three house runs, 11 RBIs and 61 strikeouts. The veteran signed a one-year, $6 million deal throughout the offseason.
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