Dodgers being cautious with Evan Phillips after MRI shows inflammation in elbow
- Evan Phillips was placed on the injured list Wednesday due to forearm discomfort after making seven scoreless appearances for Miami.
- Phillips' IL placement follows difficulties recovering well from outings despite varied treatments and rehabbing from a rotator cuff ligament tear.
- Phillips expressed disappointment about the soreness shifting around his lower arm but noted his shoulder feels great and that he is uncertain about next steps.
- Phillips expressed his frustration about the situation but noted that his overall healing has noticeably improved over the last few days.
- The Dodgers expect Phillips to return active on the 16th day and plan to assess developments in Arizona or possibly back in Los Angeles to form a recovery plan.
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Dodgers being cautious with Evan Phillips after MRI shows inflammation in elbow
PHOENIX — The template is beginning to wear thin. A Dodgers pitcher goes on the injured list. The player and Manager Dave Roberts express optimism that it will be a minimal absence. And then it isn’t. Reliever Evan Phillips is the latest to make that journey. Phillips went on the IL on Wednesday after feeling discomfort in his forearm over a few days and “just not recovering” normally after outings. Both Phillips and Roberts said the move was pr…


Dodgers seek more efficiency, longer outings from starting pitchers
PHOENIX — The math is simple. The solution is not. If the Dodgers are going to ask less of their relievers, who lead the majors in innings pitched (167) through Thursday, the only way to do it is to ask more of their starting pitchers, who have thrown the fewest innings in the majors (167). “It’s tough,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Each night you look back and, whether it’s Roki (Sasaki) throwing 98 pitches in five innings and I don’t wa…

Evan Phillips is latest Dodgers pitcher to go to injured list
MIAMI — The Dodgers had to be relieved when Evan Phillips returned from a ligament tear in his rotator cuff and gave them seven scoreless appearances in the first two weeks after he was activated. Then his arm started hurting. Phillips went on the injured list on Wednesday with forearm discomfort, joining Blake Treinen and Michael Kopech on the sidelines from the back end of their ideal bullpen. “I thought it was just reacclimating to the worklo…
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