Ryan Pepiot To Come Off Injured List To Start On Friday
3 months agoTampa Bay Rays right-hander Ryan Pepiot (knee) is in line to be activated from the 15-day injured list and start on Friday against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks at Tropicana Field. It's been a longer than expected road to recovery for Pepiot after dealing with a right-knee infection that was believed to have been caused by a spider bite. The 26-year-old has been out for the last month, so he'll be a much more shaky fantasy option in his return on Friday against a streaking Diamondbacks squad. In his lone minor-league rehab start for Double-A Montgomery, Pepiot went 3 1/3 innings and was able to get up to 69 pitches, so he's unlikely to go that deep in his first start back. The former third-rounder by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019 out of Butler will return to a 6-5 record, 3.92 ERA, a 1.08 WHIP and 94 strikeouts in 87 1/3 innings over his 17 starts.
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Marc Topkin
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Marc Topkin