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Cubs’ Prospect Brennen Davis Undergoes Back Surgery

By Anthony Franco | June 3, 2022 at 5:01pm CDT

Cubs top prospect Brennen Davis underwent back surgery yesterday, as Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune first reported. According to Montemurro, the procedure cauterized some blood vessels that had been causing Davis discomfort; he’s not dealing with any structural issues.

A more specific recovery timetable will become clear after he undergoes further testing next week, but Sahadev Sharma of the Athletic reports that he’s expected to miss multiple months. The organization isn’t ruling out the possibility the 22-year-old could return this season, but Sharma suggests there’s a chance he’ll be out for the year. He is expected to make a full recovery, and the Cubs don’t anticipate it being an issue beyond this season.

Baseball America recently ranked Davis the game’s #41 overall prospect, the top farmhand in the Chicago system. The former second-round pick is credited by evaluators with a rare blend of power and athleticism, and the Cubs are certainly hopeful he’ll develop into a long-term regular. BA suggests Davis has All-Star upside, although he’s not without some questions about his bat-to-ball skills. He’d been off to a slow start to the 2022 campaign with Triple-A Iowa, hitting .195/.286/.299 with a 34.1% strikeout rate through 91 plate appearances. Montemurro suggests he’s been dealing with back soreness dating back to Spring Training, so it’s certainly possible the injury played into his subpar performance.

Davis wasn’t going to earn a call-up before turning things around, but he seemed a candidate for a midseason promotion if he righted the ship offensively. The surgery seems to make a 2022 big league debut unlikely. Even if Davis can return to the playing field this year, it stands to reason the Cubs would want to see him have a lengthier run of success against Triple-A arms before adding him to the majors.

While he recovers, Davis will remain on the minor league injured list — where he’s been for a few weeks. If he’s not promoted during the season, Chicago will have to add him to the 40-man roster at the start of the offseason to keep other teams from selecting him in the Rule 5 draft.

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  1. Holy Cow!

    3 years ago

    Get healthy.
    Master AAA.
    See you some time in 2023.

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  2. Dorothy_Mantooth

    3 years ago

    That’s a relatively simple procedure. I’m surprised this will keep him out of action for 2+ months.

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    • Yankee Clipper

      3 years ago

      I wonder how they diagnose this from back pain… To my understanding, the origin of back pain is notoriously difficult to determine, so I wonder how they know it’s blood vessels causing it?

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      • Domingo111

        3 years ago

        Probably some form of imaging. I’m not suggesting it is the same with him but I had testicular cancer a couple years ago and it was diagnosed when I had an mri for back pain as I thought it might have been a hernia but it turned out a huge lymph not mestatasis was pushing on a nerve

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  3. User 163535993

    3 years ago

    That’s too bad. Because of Covid a lot of guys have missed almost 2 years of minor league experience. But it is what it is. Get healthy and the rest will take care of itself.

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    • Letsplaytwotomorrow

      3 years ago

      Backs are a tricky thing. As a 2nd rounder at least he’s got some security. ($)

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  4. Dunk Dunkington

    3 years ago

    The way the FO has been working this year and the fact Davis has to be added to the 40 man this offseason, I can see him coming back this year and getting the call up to the majors to get a couple weeks of AB’s against MLB pitching in before the offseason.

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    • Dogbone

      3 years ago

      Huh?

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  5. blueblood1217

    3 years ago

    I hope he comes back better than ever. Wish him a speedy recovery

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    • User 3921286289

      3 years ago

      As always, we await developments.

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  6. msqboxer

    3 years ago

    Sorry.. this sounds like a half truth. Only reason you’d cauterize a vein is if it continued to bleed or ran a risk of blood clots due to structural issues. You also do it during back surgery to stop bleeding but these veins tend to grow back or reroute.

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