LOS ANGELES — Earlier than Saturday’s sport in opposition to the Padres, the Dodgers introduced that Bobby Miller was occurring the 15-day injured listing with proper shoulder irritation, retroactive to April 11.
Supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Miller didn’t damage maintain the damage on a selected pitch or play, however that the shoulder “hasn’t been recovering” in addition to the staff had hoped over his previous few video games. Following a dominant season debut, Miller has struggled over his final two outings. In three begins this season, Miller is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA.
“With Bobby, with the infected shoulder, I do not know the way lengthy that is going to be,” Roberts mentioned. “I believe for us, there’s a little bit smoke, there’s a protracted technique to go, so we need to sort of nip it early. I believe after the final begin, he simply wasn’t recovering proper.”
That is Miller’s first time touchdown on the IL since being known as up in 2023. The younger right-hander handled proper shoulder issues in Spring Coaching final season, forcing him to overlook most of camp and never showing in any Cactus League video games that spring.
Miller underwent some assessments on Saturday, in accordance with a supply, exhibiting no structural harm to the fitting shoulder. The Dodgers are optimistic that they’ve averted a significant damage with Miller, however they’ll even be aware of how they deal with his return, given his significance for the remainder of the season.
Dropping Miller even for a few weeks is a giant blow to the Dodgers’ rotation. Miller has been some of the dependable choices over the previous yr and has appeared poised for a giant sophomore season. With Miller down, the Dodgers will proceed leaning on Tyler Glasnow, James Paxton, Gavin Stone and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Walker Buehler might have additionally been an possibility, however the right-hander solely went two innings in his final rehab begin on Friday after taking a line drive to his proper hand. Emmet Sheehan is on the 60-day injured listing and gained’t be out there.
The almost certainly choice to fill in for Miller is Ryan Yarbrough, who’s probably the most built-up pitcher within the bullpen. Yarbrough has loads of beginning expertise and will are available in after an opener, if needed.
Along with Miller, the Dodgers additionally positioned right-hander Connor Brogdon on the 15-day IL and recalled right-hander J.P. Feyereisen and left-hander Nick Ramirez to the lively roster.
