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Zach Davies Replaces Gio Gonzalez On Brewers’ NLCS Roster

By Steve Adams | October 17, 2018 at 12:07pm CDT

The Brewers announced this morning that they’ve replaced left-hander Gio Gonzalez on their NLCS roster following yesterday’s ankle injury; righty Zach Davis will take his place. The move renders Gonzalez, a pending free agent, ineligible to pitch in the World Series should Milwaukee advance, as players removed from the roster mid-series are automatically ruled ineligible for the following round of postseason play.

Gonzalez suffered a high ankle sprain in the second inning of last night’s game against the Dodgers when fielding an infield single off the bat of Yasiel Puig (video link via MLB.com). His short start forced skipper Craig Counsell to go to his bullpen early, which proved to be all the more significant in a game that would go 12 innings and deplete the bullpen for each team. Adding Davies to the mix, then, will give the Brewers a fresh arm while simultaneously ending Gonzalez’s season.

Davies, 25, missed a good chunk of the 2018 season due to a rotator cuff issue in his right shoulder, but he returned to the Brewers in September and posted a 3.91 ERA and an 18-to-4 K/BB ratio in 23 innings down the stretch. His overall numbers in ’18 aren’t much to look at, but Davies entered the year with a career 3.91 ERA in 388 2/3 innings with 6.6 K/9 against 2.5 BB/9 after being acquired from the Orioles in a 2015 trade that sent Gerardo Parra to Baltimore as a deadline rental.

The 33-year-old Gonzalez will reach free agency for the first time in his career this offseason. He’ll head into the open market coming off 171 innings of 4.21 ERA ball in the regular season, during which he averaged 7.8 K/9, 4.2 BB/9 and 0.89 HR/9 to go along with a 45.3 percent ground-ball rate. It’s the second pedestrian ERA for Gonzalez in the past three seasons, though his 2017 season was terrific in that regard (2.96), and his 2016 ERA (4.57) was heavily skewed by an uncharacteristic dip in strand rate.

Gonzalez has a solid track record over the years and was a fixture in the Nationals’ rotation for seven years after coming over in a trade from the Athletics. He’s lost about a mile off his average fastball since 2016 and turned in the worst full-season walk rate of his career in 2018 — neither of which figure to do his free-agent stock any favors. But Gonzalez has generally been a durable and dependable rotation piece since 2010, averaging 31.4 starts per season along the way. He’s only fallen shy of 30 starts once in that time (27 starts in 2014) and has posted solid run-prevention numbers with a knack for missing bats and limiting home runs.

Gonzalez’s swinging-strike and chase rates both improved substantially with the Brewers, albeit in a small sample of 25 1/3 innings, which could give interested parties some optimism in free agency this winter. At worst, the veteran southpaw should be viewed as a dependable source of 30+ starts, and if a team feels his 2018 control issues can be corrected (and/or that his improvement with the Brewers is sustainable), he could be seen as a step above that in terms of value.

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  1. DockEllisDee

    7 years ago

    links to Zach Davis

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    • bravesandcrewfan

      7 years ago

      seems to be the first time they linked to a lower pedigree player on accident. usually the other way around. pretty sure the brewers dont want a 24 yo high A baller with little results on their postseason roster

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      • ray_derek

        7 years ago

        They might over Davies

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        • colonel flagg

          7 years ago

          Can’t resist can you ray.

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        • FullMontilla

          7 years ago

          No joke – Davies was brutal this season for the brief time he was active

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  2. nmendoza7

    7 years ago

    I like Gio but his rates are so pedestrian

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    • BlueSkyLA

      7 years ago

      You mean he issues a lot of walks?

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      • aceofrainbows

        7 years ago

        Appreciate that.

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  3. reflect

    7 years ago

    I’m quite surprised by this move. The injury didn’t seem that serious, and they are going to need Gio in the World Series if they make it there.

    Unless a doctor told them he’s definitely done for the year, I would have taken my chances with a 24-man roster for one day.

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    • ray_derek

      7 years ago

      It makes a to of sense actually. All hands on deck today, they need the extra pitching after going 23 last night. They dont need 2 innings of Gio in the World Series, sorry.

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      • Rbase

        7 years ago

        23? Damn, I must have missed a few 🙂

        My first thought was also: Why didn’t they add a reliever like Jennings to the roster, so they can match up 2 lefties with Muncy/Pederson without having to use Hader for the third day in a row. But indeed, as good as Miley has been this year, he can’t be counted on to pitch deep into the game and except for Woodruff all other guys that can pitch multiple innings are unavailable.

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        • Jbigz12

          7 years ago

          Pretty sure Xavier cedeno is still on the brewers and he’s left handed. Can’t really rely on any brewers starter for length so a SP was an easy choice. I’m mildly surprised they went with Davies over Anderson but I guess that was a close call either way.

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  4. dodgergreg

    7 years ago

    13 innings….

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  5. sadosfan

    7 years ago

    Come on Adams!!! Unless a minor league outfielder, who plays for a cubs affiliate is taking the mound.

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  6. PK11

    7 years ago

    The game went 13 innings, not 12. Also the Zach Davies link is to the wrong player. Honestly, where do you find these Zack Links dopplegangers?

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  7. joepanikatthedisco

    7 years ago

    I’d still rather have Anderson. Flyball pitcher in Dodger Stadium

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  8. hook316

    7 years ago

    Should’ve kept Gio for tonight only, started him, let him plunk Machado in the face, then he would likely be ejected. Then after game replace with Davies.

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    • justin-turner overdrive

      7 years ago

      dumb post

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    • JKB 2

      7 years ago

      He would be suspended and thus not eligible to be replaced

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    • davidcoonce74

      7 years ago

      Advocating for hitting a player in the head is beyond the pale. You end people’s careers that way, if not their lives. What a chump.

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    • firstbleed

      7 years ago

      No need to stoop to his level. Brewers stay classy.

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