7:40PM: Roberts up to date reporters (together with Jack Harris) with the information that Ryan has a UCL pressure. It’s nonetheless too early to inform if the harm will be handled with out surgical procedure, or if Ryan will finally want a Tommy John or brace process.
1:38PM: Dodgers starter River Ryan is finished for the season after struggling an elbow harm in his final outing (per Juan Toribio of MLB.com). Supervisor Dave Roberts says the crew continues to be determining the correct prognosis and the following steps for the 25-year-old hurler, however he will be unable to return to the mound in 2024 (per Jack Harris of the LA Instances). Even when Ryan is ready to keep away from a worst-case state of affairs of a serious surgical procedure, he merely received’t have time to relaxation, rehab, and return earlier than the top of the yr. The Dodgers have positioned Ryan on the 15-day injured checklist, and recalled Landon Knack forward of at the moment’s sequence finale towards the Pirates.
Ryan is extensively thought-about one of many prime pitching prospects within the Dodgers group – if not one of many prime pitching prospects in baseball. Though a shoulder harm held him again at first of the yr, he has appeared phenomenal since his return. The righty posted a 2.66 ERA over six begins at Triple-A and a 1.33 ERA throughout his first 4 begins within the majors. His four-seam fastball sits simply above 96 mph, and his slider and curveball each appear to be they might be dominant secondary choices. Ryan’s underlying numbers aren’t fairly as spectacular as his ERA, however his 4.50 SIERA and three.97 xERA are nonetheless stable for a younger pitcher who was thrust into a giant league position prior to anticipated.
Certainly, Ryan made his huge league debut after the All-Star break as a result of the Dodgers have been determined for pitching. In the present day, he has change into one other one of many crew’s many injured starters. The scenario is a little bit higher now that Tyler Glasnow and Clayton Kershaw are wholesome and Jack Flaherty has entered the equation, however Ryan now joins such teammates as Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Walker Buehler, and Dustin Might on the injured checklist.
It is just a matter of time earlier than Ryan is transferred to the 60-day IL, doubtless when one among Max Muncy or Tommy Edman is able to be reinstated. President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman advised reporters (together with Jim Bowden of The Athletic) that Muncy and Edman might get again on the sector throughout the crew’s subsequent homestand, which begins with a sequence towards the Mariners on August 19.
Knack, 27, has made 9 appearances (eight begins) for the Dodgers this yr, pitching to a 3.07 ERA and 4.00 SIERA. He has a 3.97 ERA in 59 innings at Triple-A. Whereas he’s primarily a beginning pitcher, he’ll be part of L.A. as extra bullpen depth, doubtless simply till Buehler makes his anticipated return on Wednesday.
