Tanner Rainey posted a 2.66 ERA, a 3.78 FIP, seven walks, and 32 Ks in 20 games and 20 1⁄3 innings pitched in 2020’s 60-game COVID campaign, before he was shut down with some tightness in his forearm in September.
Rainey, 28, came into camp healthy this spring, but was set back by a muscle strain in the area around his collar bone.
He took time off, built back up and a few shaky Grapefruit League outings later, made the Opening Day roster.
After giving up a grand slam by opposing starter Huascar Ynoa in the sixth inning of the series opener with the Atlanta Braves in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, Rainey has now given up 10 hits (three HRs), six walks, and 10 earned runs in 10 games and nine innings pitched.