The Dodgers have placed right-hander Luis Garcia on the 15-day injured list due to a right adductor strain. The placement is retroactive to May 29. Righty Noah Davis was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move.
Now in his 13th Major League season, Garcia has a 4.50 ERA in 26 innings for Los Angeles, along with a below-average 19.8% strikeout rate and an ungainly 12.9% walk rate. Garcia’s 4.13 SIERA is a bit more favorable since the groundball specialist has been hampered by a .364 BABIP, but he is also allowing a lot of hard contact.
Garcia signed a minor league contract with L.A. in February and locked in $1.5MM in guaranteed salary when that contract was selected in advance of the Dodgers’ early Opening Day in Tokyo. While his results have been up and down over his lengthy career, Garcia has generally been pretty durable, which probably helped his bid to make the team given the injury woes that have only worsened for the Dodgers’ pitching staff as the season has developed.
Incredibly, Garcia is the 15th pitcher currently on the team’s injured list. (That number could be viewed as 16, if you consider that Shohei Ohtani is still going through his pitching rehab.) Some help may be coming soon, as manager Dave Roberts told MLB.com’s Sonja Chen and other media today that relievers Michael Kopech and Kirby Yates could both be activated within the next week.
Getting those two quality bullpen arms back is a nice boost for the team, but needless to say, pitching health is once again a major subplot of the Dodgers’ season. While the elite L.A. offense has carried the Dodgers back to first place in the NL West, pitching figures to be a deadline need for Los Angeles regardless of how many hurlers have returned from the IL by July 31.
Of course….
…and in more news, tonight the sun will be setting in the west.
Expect it in 10 hours time to rise in the east, that’s all
15 Dodgers pitchers on the IL.
Noah Davis’ right arm must feel like a live chicken at a KFC.
“15 Dodgers pitchers”…And yet here they are, getting ready to sweep the A.L’s best team, the Yankees.
I seem to remember the Dodgers had lots of pitching injuries last year and won a World Series with a pitching staff fronted by Jack Flaherty and a severely diminished Walker Buehler(5+ ERA in ’24).
What does that have to do with my comment?
Replies having to match the post? You are thinking of some other site. That being said, the reply points out that despite the extensive injuries, the team seems to be doing ok.
I think you’d best hold off on that “sweep” nonsense, Sparky.
At some point its going to be a huge issue
Garcia is built like a bull. The Dodgers had to work a little to break him.
Fill in your theories here: ___________
So many Luis Garcia’s, so little time.
Oops. Garcias.
Former Red Sox “great”…
It’s time for Banda to make a trip to IL.