D-backs place Kelly (calf) on IL, call up No. 18 prospect

Kelly allowed a season-high seven runs (5 earned) over 5 innings in his final begin on Saturday in opposition to the Giants, the roughest outing of what has in any other case been one other robust 12 months for the 34-year-old. He is 9-4 with a 3.22 ERA and 98 strikeouts in 95 innings for the first-place D-backs.

This marks the primary Major League callup for Martinez, who’s ranked because the D-backs’ No. 18 prospect by MLB Pipeline. In his final 20 appearances with the Aces (since April 16), he went 2-0 with 5 saves, a 0.39 ERA, 31 strikeouts and a .167 opponent common in 23 1/3 innings.