The Dodgers have been ready for the return of righty hurler Ryan Pepiot all season lengthy. Sadly, they’re going to be ready even longer. Pepiot suffered an indirect harm simply days earlier than the beginning of the season after incomes a job because the quantity 5 starter within the rotation. The letdown sadly continues for the rookie.
“Ryan hasn’t picked up a baseball but,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts instructed reporters at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. “I feel he was getting higher, however there’s nonetheless one thing there with the indirect, with the rib. We’re a methods out.”
If Pepiot hasn’t even picked up a baseball, we’re months away at greatest. Roberts’ wording additionally offers the notion that the harm has worsened or was worse than initially identified.
Definitely, you are feeling dangerous for the 25-year-old who’s dropping his first full MLB season. However the Dodgers are additionally hurting with out a man they have been anticipated to lean on this season.
The correct-hander went 3-0 with a 3.47 ERA in 9 video games final season, 7 of which have been begins. With Pepiot sidelined, the Dodgers have been compelled to dive deeper into the minor league ranks sooner than anticipated with the debuts of men like Gavin Stone and Bobby Miller. And Michael Grove has crammed numerous innings that will have in any other case been earmarked for Pep.
When Will Ryan Pepiot Return?
In a greatest case state of affairs, Pepiot eats up some innings late within the season however, at this level within the yr, with no throwing program on the horizon, he doubtless received’t be a postseason possibility.
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