The Dodgers have misplaced yet one more arm this season.
Reliever Evan Phillips will bear season-ending Tommy John surgical procedure, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts introduced Friday.
Phillips, 30, made simply seven appearances for Los Angeles this season earlier than being positioned on the injured listing Could 7 for elbow irritation.
Throughout his time on the injured listing, Phillips was unable to renew taking part in catch, with Roberts saying earlier this week that he was beginning to get frightened about his damage.
“It’s starting to get a little concerning,” Roberts informed reporters. “I don’t know how long we can give it until he can attempt to start playing catch again. I’m getting a little kind of concerned, but hoping for the best.”
Phillips has pitched in three full seasons with the Dodgers after being traded to Los Angeles halfway by the 2021 marketing campaign.
Throughout his time in Los Angeles, Phillips has posted a 2.22 ERA and 221 strikeouts by 201 appearances, changing into one of the coveted relievers within the Dodgers’ bullpen.
Phillips began this season with out giving up a run, posting six strikeouts in 5 ⅔ innings earlier than his damage.
Phillips taking place is the newest blow to the slew of accidents to the Dodgers’ pitching workers, as they’re at the moment with out 13 arms in simply the second month of the 2025 season.
Rookie Roki Sasaki landed on the IL earlier this month with a proper shoulder impingement and is predicted to start throwing inside the subsequent week, in accordance with ESPN.
“Our goal is to get him healthy, get him strong, make sure the delivery is sound and get him to pitch for us,” Roberts informed reporters earlier this month. “He hasn’t been as productive as he would have liked because he was compromised and so that’s kind of enlightening to all of us.”
Outdoors of their rotation, Dodgers star Mookie Betts additionally was scratched from Friday’s recreation in opposition to the Yankees with a stubbed toe.
Roberts mentioned that Betts, 32, shall be thought-about day-to-day and may have X-rays taken on his toe.
In an effort to convey some pitching again within the meantime, the Dodgers traded for reliever Alexis Diaz on Thursday in a deal that finally despatched Phillips to the 60-day IL.
Diaz, 28, appeared in six video games with the Reds to begin the season and posted an abysmal 12.00 ERA earlier than being despatched right down to Triple-A on Could 1.
