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The Royals released Davies on Tuesday. It's not clear whether his release was the Royals' decision or whether Davies exercised an opt-out clause. Davies signed a minor-league contract with the Royals in early April and made five starts with Triple-A Omaha, collecting a 4.29 ERA and 12:9 K:BB over 21 innings. The veteran right-hander posted a 7.00 ERA in 18 starts in 2023 with the Diamondbacks.
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Davies signed a minor-league contract with the Royals on Monday. Davies will report to Triple-A Omaha where he figures to serve as starting pitching depth. He made 18 starts for Arizona a season ago, accruing a 7.00 ERA and 1.66 WHIP with 72 strikeouts over 82.1 innings.
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Davies was released by the Nationals on Friday, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports. Davies was informed he wasn't going to make the Opening Day roster and presumably then triggered the opt-out clause in his minor-league contract. He could latch on with another club in search of rotation depth.
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Davies allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk over five innings in Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Astros. He struck out five. Facing most of Houston's likely Opening Day lineup, Davies kept the ball in the yard and counted Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker among his strikeout victims. The 31-year-old right-hander is in camp with the Nationals on an NRI, so he isn't even guaranteed a roster spot, but the rebuilding team can use innings-eaters at the back of the rotation, and Davies still seems capable of doing at least that much. He stumbled to a woeful 7.00 ERA, 1.66 WHIP and 19.1 percent strikeout rate over 82.1 innings for Arizona in 2023, but per Mark Zuckerman of MASN Sports, Davies built up to 89 pitches Thursday, and over 10.1 innings this spring he has an encouraging 13:5 K:BB.
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Davies signed a minor-league contract with the Nationals on Saturday that includes an invitation to major-league spring training, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. Davies struggled mightily across 18 starts with Arizona last year, accumulating a 7.00 ERA and 1.66 WHIP across 82.1 frames, and he was eventually released by the D-backs in September. He'll now have a chance to bounce back with Washington, but it wouldn't be surprising to see Davies begin 2024 in Triple-A before he gets another shot in the majors.
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| Year | Team | APP | GS | INN | W | L | S | K | BBI | HA | ERA | WHIP |
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| 2023 | ARI | 18 | 18 | 82.3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 39 | 98 | 6.99 | 1.66 |
| 2022 | ARI | 27 | 27 | 134.3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 102 | 52 | 122 | 4.08 | 1.29 |
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