Iowa Cubs outfielder Brennen Davis undergoes back surgery

The 2022 season, which was speculated to be an enormous one for Chicago Cubs prospect Brennen Davis, is on maintain. And it doubtless will likely be for a bit.

Davis, ranked the top-prospect within the system in response to MLB Pipeline, underwent again surgical procedure Thursday. There isn’t a timetable for his return.

The Chicago Tribune was the primary to report the information. It’s a crushing blow for Davis, essentially the most prized prospect in your entire group.

The 22-year-old outfielder was a second-round choose by the Cubs in 2018. Davis had a breakout season in 2021 when he was named the MVP of the All-Star Futures Recreation after hitting a pair of dwelling runs. 

That was simply a few of his success through the huge 12 months. Davis performed at three completely different ranges in 2021 and hit .260 (91-for-350) with 25 doubles, 19 homers and 53 RBI to go together with a .375 on-base proportion with Excessive-A, Double-A and Triple-A.

He smashed a pair of dwelling runs in his first two at-bats in Triple-A with the Iowa Cubs. The success earned Davis quite a few accolades. He was named the group’s Minor League Participant of the 12 months and skyrocketed up prospect rankings.

Davis started the 2022 listed because the Fifteenth-best prospect in all of baseball and was despatched to Triple-A to begin the season, only one brief step away from the large leagues. However Davis struggled and hit simply .195/.286/.299 with 31 strikeouts in 22 video games.

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The Cubs positioned Davis on the injured record on Could 12 with a decrease again difficulty. Cubs basic supervisor Carter Hawkins, who was visiting Iowa earlier this season, mentioned he believed a few of Davis’ struggles might be attributed to the gradual begin.

“I feel that’s (the damage) a reasonably good cause why,” Hawkins mentioned

Tommy Birch, the Register’s sports activities enterprise and options reporter, has been working on the newspaper since 2008. He is the 2018 and 2020 Iowa Sportswriter of the 12 months. Attain him at tbirch@dmreg.com or 515-284-8468. Observe him on Twitter @TommyBirch.