Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer had not made a big-league appearance since April 10, and it could be a little longer before he makes his next start.
Archer left Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox after just two innings with what the team says his left hip tightness.
The #Rays say Chris Archer left Sunday’s game with left hip tightness. Archer had the same issue in his rehab start in Norfolk.
— Steve Carney (@stevecarney) August 22, 2021
The 32-year-old had allowed one hit and a walk, while striking out four on the afternoon.
Archer left his fifth rehab start coming back from forearm tightness on August 1 after just one inning with the same issue, missing 16 days.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
