The Dodgers have placed right-hander Blake Treinen on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to September 7. Right-hander Andre Jackson has been called up from Triple-A to take Treinen’s spot on the roster.
Treinen is dealing with tightness in his throwing shoulder, which is an ominous diagnosis considering that Treinen has missed most of the season due to shoulder problems. As Treinen told MLB.com’s Juan Toribio and other reporters last week, he was initially advised to get surgery to repair a partial tear in the front capsule of his shoulder, but instead chose a non-surgical recovery option. This allowed the right-hander to make it back for two more appearances after being activated from the 60-day IL, but Treinen has now been sidelined again.
It’s probably safe to assume that Treinen will again try to make it back without going under the knife, especially with the postseason nearing. Whether he’ll be able to return after a minimum 15 days is another question, and it is possible Treinen has already thrown his final pitch of the 2022 season. It might be that surgery is inevitable to fully correct his shoulder issues, and such a procedure might now potentially threaten his readiness for at least the start of the 2023 season.
In the midst of his IL stint, Treinen and the Dodgers agreed to a contract extension back in May that guaranteed his 2023 salary at $8MM, which was the total of a club option Los Angeles already held on his services. Another club option for 2024 was also added, worth between $1MM-$7MM depending on Treinen’s health and other benchmarks. With Treinen still plagued with shoulder problems, this extension might already look like a misfire on the Dodgers’ part, especially if he ends up having to miss a portion of the 2023 season. While $8MM isn’t a huge amount to a big-payroll team like L.A., that number could certainly impact the luxury tax number for a club that figures to be in tax territory once again next year.
Great, more Kimbrel coming 😐
Let it go, let it go
He will blow more saves for sure
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and expect some more
I don’t care what they’re going to say
Let your anger rage on
The Dodgers losing never bothered me anyway
WHY… These pitchers need to stop refusing surgery, all it does is mean they are on the IL for a few months, pitch like crap a few times and THEN have the surgery. It seems to happen so many times every season.
Not the same injury as last time, according to the team report. So maybe leave the sports medicine decisions to the sports medicine experts.
Hardly ideal for the Dodgers yet they have got this far without him. Nice to have depth.
By my count, they’ve still tentatively got Graterol, Almonte, and Phillips with a side of Ferguson and Vesia to match with Kimbrel. Not world beaters, but just maybe enough to hold leads in the playoffs. Offense is going to need to be efficient when given opportunities.
don’t forget Kahnle, Duffy and Gonzalez might get back as well
“Might”…unfortunately
Duffy is an intriguing piece. Also Heaney. If Gonsolin does indeed make it back, I think we could see Heaney be a bullpen piece to throw a couple innings (one time through the order) to bridge the starter to the backend of the bullpen.
Kahnle and Duffy are finishing up their rehabs and expected back next week
Devastating. Dodgers have a lot of question marks regarding pitching staff. So many guys hurt and trying to come back. No guarantees that these guys come back or stay healthy until playoffs and through playoffs.
Definitely devestating that he is hurt in general. Although, they have the best record in the show without him thus far. Not gonna fret just yet.
He’ll probably blame this on Hillary’s emails…
Don’t worry guys, Doc will just order up extra heath hembree..
He can do that?
Why has this become a political thread?
Because some people don’t know enough about Baseball to contribute anything even halfway substantive to the threads so they veer off to the next thing they know nothing about: Politics.