The Los Angeles Dodgers welcomed left-hander Julio Urias again from the 15-day injured listing earlier Saturday night to start out the evening’s recreation towards the Kansas Metropolis Royals. Urias has been on the shelf since late Could with a hamstring pressure and suffered a setback early final month as he was nearing a return. He now seems to be absolutely wholesome, stepping again into the rotation with a 4.39 ERA and 5.30 FIP by means of 10 begins this season. A free agent at marketing campaign’s finish, Urias’ efficiency can be of nice significance not solely to the Dodgers, however to Urias himself because the 27-year-old hurler seems to be poised to enter the open market as one of many prime arms obtainable.
Urias’s return couldn’t come at a greater time, as Mike DiGiovanna of The LA Occasions notes that membership ace Clayton Kershaw is coping with irritation in his shoulder following his begin towards the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. Kershaw acquired a cortisone injection on Thursday and hopes to return to the mound Monday with out lacking a begin, although feedback from Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts point out that won’t come to move. Roberts informed reporters, together with DiGiovanna, that Kershaw’s bullpen session went “simply OK” and that Kershaw would possible require a visit to the injured listing if he isn’t prepared for Monday’s begin. Ought to that scenario come to move, right-hander Michael Grove would possible fill in for Kershaw on Monday.
Any missed time for Kershaw, who sports activities a sterling 2.55 ERA and three.53 FIP by means of 95 1/3 innings of labor this season, can be a blow to the Dodgers, although the membership is lucky to have a wide range of younger hurlers on faucet to cowl innings as wanted. Grove, Bobby Miller, Emmet Sheehan and Gavin Stone have mixed to start out practically 1 / 4 of the membership’s video games to date within the 2020 marketing campaign as every of Urias, Tony Gonsolin, Noah Syndergaard and Dustin Could have missed time this season.
Utility man Chris Taylor, then again, has not been really easy to exchange. Taylor went on the injured listing final weekend with a bone bruise that has stored him from taking the sphere since June sixteenth. With kids Michael Busch and Miguel Vargas each having struggled on the massive league stage this season, the membership has been compelled to get artistic in protecting for Taylor, utilizing Mookie Betts within the infield extra usually whereas counting on depth choices similar to Johnny DeLuca and Yonny Hernandez. Sadly for L.A., the membership figures to be with out Taylor for awhile but, as Roberts informed reporters (together with DiGiovanna) that the 32 12 months previous gained’t return to motion till after the All Star break.
In 182 journeys to the plate this season, Taylor has slashed .206/.275/.455 good for a 94 wRC+ that clocks in at just under league common. Nonetheless, that manufacturing has been helpful due to Taylor’s means to play all around the diamond; Taylor has logged time at middle subject, second base, third base, shortstop and left subject all through the 2023 marketing campaign, with most of his innings coming on the latter three positions.
