The Dodgers' pitching injury woes continued Friday, as a rookie right-hander was placed on the 15-day IL with shoulder inflammation.
The Dodgers will be without starting pitcher Gavin Stone on their forthcoming homestand against the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago Cubs — and perhaps much longer — after
Stone, 25, was the Dodgers' only starting pitcher who had been in their rotation since Opening Day without missing time due to injury. The rookie was 11-5 with a 3.53 ERA this season, putting him squarely in the middle of the Dodgers' postseason rotation plans. The Dodgers also announced they optioned right-handed reliever Michael Peterson to Triple-A Oklahoma City and activated right-hander Landon Knack and left-hander Justin Wrobleski.It's the first time that Stone, the Dodgers' fifth-round pick in 2020, has gone on the injured list in his career. He led one of baseball's most unstable rotations with 25 starts and 140.1 innings, a career high.this season. 11 of them have also spent time on the IL.
In 10 starts, Knack is 2-2 with a 3.00 earned-run average. He'll start Friday in place of Clayton Kershaw, who's on the injured list with a bone spur in his left big toe.J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content for Inside the Dodgers, and is the author of 'The 50 Greatest Dodger Games Of All Time.' He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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