Zachery Pop: Everything you need to know

Zachery Pop

#56 RP

Status

15-Day IL - Calf - Strain Expected Return: 2026-05-11

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/22	NYY	L 6-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/19	TB	W 8-2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/16	DET	L 13-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/12	TOR	W 8-5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/9	BOS	L 5-3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/5	BOS	W 6-2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/1	NYY	L 5-3	0.2	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	4
2/25	DET	W 5-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2/22	PIT	L 4-3	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			8.4	9	2	0	0	0	8	4	4

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
4/12	AZ	L 4-3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
4/8	SF	L 5-0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/7	SF	L 6-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/3	COL	W 10-1	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/1	WSH	W 6-5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/29	TEX	L 8-3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
3/26	TEX	W 5-3	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			7.1	6	3	1	0	0	5	3	3

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	1	7.1	0	0	0.0	6	3	1	0	5	3	3	0	0	0.200	0
Home	1	5.0	0	0	0.0	3	2	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0.222	0
Away	0	2.1	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	0
Day	1	6.1	0	0	0.0	6	3	0	0	5	3	3	0	0	0.217	0
Night	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0.267	0
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.100	0
March	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0.167	0
April	1	5.1	0	0	0.0	5	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0.211	0
Opponent
vs COL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs SF	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs WSH	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs AZ	1	2.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0.333	0
vs TEX	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0.167	0
Venue
@ Philadelphia	1	5.0	0	0	0.0	3	2	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0.222	0
@ Colorado	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ San Francisco	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0

Zachery Pop: Breaking News

The Phillies placed Pop on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right calf strain. Pop evidently suffered the injury during an opener assignment Sunday against the Diamondbacks. He will be eligible for activation April 28, but it's too soon to know whether he will be back on that date. Kyle Backhus has taken Pop's spot on the roster and in the Philadelphia bullpen.

Pop is slated to serve as the Phillies' opening pitcher in Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Andrew Painter had been lined up to start the series finale, but Pop will take the hill to begin the game after Painter was a late scratch due to a migraine. Pop hasn't covered more than an inning in any of his appearances in spring training nor during any of his six relief outings so far during the regular season, so he's not expected to provide the Phillies with much length in his first MLB start.

The Phillies signed Pop to a one-year contract Monday. Pop has really struggled over his last three seasons during his time in the majors, collecting a 6.68 ERA and 50:27 K:BB over 68.2 innings. He had a 3.56 ERA in his two big-league seasons prior to that, however, and also boasts a career 54 percent groundball rate. Pop does not have minor-league options remaining.