DENVER _ The Orioles placed struggling first baseman Chris Davis on the 10-day injured list Sunday with hip soreness that manager Brandon Hyde said has cropped up in the last few days, although his absences from the lineup Friday and Saturday weren't described as injury-related at the time.
"CD has been sore for a few days _ his hip has been acting up a little bit, so we're evaluating right now," Hyde said before the Orioles announced the move, which is retroactive to Saturday. "Had a doctor see him last night and we're going to go from there."
Shortly after Hyde said that, reliever Evan Phillips walked onto the field to get loose and play catch. Phillips was then recalled from Norfolk.
Davis, who is in the midst of an 11-game funk that followed his best three weeks in recent memory and has seen him hit .118 (4-for-34) with 22 strikeouts, was getting what Hyde called a "breather" on Saturday. He pinch-hit Friday, but wasn't in the dugout or available for Saturday's win as he was getting checked out.
While Davis dealt with hip soreness that impacted him some in spring training, he returned quickly from it. At the beginning of the season, he suffered through a hitless streak that, spanning back to 2018, counted as the longest in major league history.
But he worked his way out of it, and Hyde on Saturday _ before the injury was made known _ described him as a player who was going to be tasked with doing so again.
"I just think that he's in a little bit of a rut," Hyde said, describing a player who was late on fastballs, early on breaking balls, and pressing to get out of the jam.
In Davis' absence, the Orioles will have a short bench for Sunday's series finale with the Rockies and likely into Monday's matinee against the Detroit Tigers.
