Just prior to the Diamondbacks game against the Royals last night manager Torey Lovullo announced that Madison Bumgarner would be skipped in the rotation and not take his turn in the upcoming series against the White Sox. Lovullo said it was a “performance based” decision and that they wanted to give Bumgarner time to put in some extra work with pitching coach Brent Strom. In his previous start on August 20th he allowed two solo home runs to Albert Pujols accounting for two of the five runs he’d allow to St. Louis while giving up 7 hits and 2 walks in 5.
Madison Bumgarner skipped in Diamondbacks rotation
