Los Angeles Dodgers crawling to add pitcher after the violation of reliever has been classified as worse than expected

The Los Angeles Dodgers navigate a brutal injury to their pitching employees, whereby manager Dave Roberts expressed growing concern about an important absence: right-handed helper Evan Phillips.

Almost three weeks have passed since Phillips has been added to the injured list of an assumed forearm problem. However, the right-hander has still not re-thrown and continues to experience complaints-a worrying development for both the player and the team.

“It starts to be a little worried … but [we’re] in the hope of the best ” Los Angeles Times Beat writer Jack Harris on X (formerly Twitter).

The 30 -year -old Phillips, who last thrown against Miami Marlins on May 5 and allowed two goals in an inning of the work. In 2025 he performed in just seven games and recorded six rashes. During his term of office with the Dodgers, he exhausted 221 batters, which makes his extensive absence a big blow for an already thin bullpen.

Los Angeles Dodgers crawl in the middle of the pitching crisis

The pitching stretch was exhibited on Friday when the Dodgers needed eight different jugs to survive the Mets in a 13-in-end victory of 7: 5 on Citi Field.

As a result, the Dodgers signed a veteran rights Chris Stratton The team announced on a major League contract on Sunday. Make space on the active roster, Bobby Miller was selected to the minors while the right -handed man with another right -handed man JP Feyereisen was called the order to open a place on the 40-man list.

The move was first reported by Jon Heyman from New York Post. Although the financial conditions of Stratton's deal have not been announced, this is confirmed as a major League agreement.

Stratton, who signed at the club on Sunday, adds the urgently needed depth-but it is clear that the Dodger's water step until the most important reinforcements return.

The Dodgers injury list is like a Who is who of its expected rotation and bullpen. Roki Sasaki and Blake Snell are both equipped with shoulder injuries. Tyler Glasnow fights shoulder inflammation, although on May 22nd he offered a glimmer of hope with a positive update. In the meantime, Clayton Kershaw returned from his own discharge on May 17, but remains in a workload management plan.

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