8:23pm: Los Angeles additionally activated Brusdar Graterol from the 15-day IL and positioned Anthony Banda on the injured listing. Banda broke his left hand. That interrupts a strong yr for the 31-year-old southpaw. Banda has pitched to a 3.23 ERA whereas hanging out almost 1 / 4 of opponents in a personal-high 47 1/3 innings.
4:41pm: The Dodgers reinstated Yoshinobu Yamamoto from the 60-day injured listing to start out tonight’s recreation in opposition to the Cubs. Los Angeles designated lefty reliever Nick Ramirez for task to create area on the lively and 40-man rosters.
Supervisor Dave Roberts introduced final week that Yamamoto would make his return tonight. It’ll be the Japanese star’s first massive league look since June 15. Yamamoto missed almost three months on account of a rotator cuff pressure. He ought to get a number of journeys by the rotation to proceed constructing his shoulder energy going into the postseason.
Outdoors of his disastrous first main league begin, Yamamoto has pitched just like the top-of-the-rotation arm the Dodgers envisioned. He sports activities a 2.34 earned run common with a 28.1% strikeout price by 73 innings over his previous 13 begins. If he finds that type shortly now that he’s wholesome, he might begin the primary recreation of a playoff sequence.
Ramirez loses his roster spot for the second time this season. The Dodgers had DFA him to accommodate their commerce deadline pickups. He cleared outright waivers and accepted an task to Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. Los Angeles known as him again up on Sunday. Ramirez pitched the ultimate two innings of a 10-4 loss final evening. He allowed three runs (one earned) on 4 hits.
Acquired from the Yankees in April, Ramirez has pitched in eight video games for the Dodgers. The 35-year-old has surrendered 11 runs with seven walks and 5 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings. He was an efficient center aid arm for New York skipper Aaron Boone a yr in the past, when he turned in a 2.66 ERA with a meager 5.2% stroll price over 40 2/3 frames.
The Dodgers will put Ramirez on waivers once more this week. He’ll probably clear and would have the precise to elect free company, although he might follow the group as non-roster depth if he’s outrighted to OKC. Ramirez would turn into a minor league free agent within the offseason anyhow if the Dodgers don’t name him again up.
