ST. LOUIS – Amid a flurry of roster strikes to fortify their bullpen with veteran arms on Saturday morning, the Dodgers positioned right-hander Tony Gonsolin on the 15-day injured record with proper elbow discomfort.
Righties Michael Kopech (60-day) and Kirby Yates (15-day) have been activated from the IL, whereas righty Chris Stratton was designated for task.
Gonsolin missed the primary 30 video games of this season whereas recovering from Tommy John surgical procedure in September 2023, and had since established himself as one of many dependable members of a Dodgers rotation which has been fraught with harm issues all season lengthy. He’s 3-2 with a 5.00 ERA in seven begins (36 innings) this season, and struck out six over 5 innings in his most up-to-date begin towards the Mets on Wednesday.
He now joins Tyler Glasnow, Michael Grove, Kyle Harm, River Ryan, Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan, Blake Snell and Gavin Stone as beginning choices who’re all at present on the injured record. Los Angeles has already used 13 beginning pitchers in 2025, probably the most in MLB.
Supervisor Dave Roberts introduced the activation of the 2 veteran relievers and Stratton’s task throughout his pregame media availability, however mentioned the workforce “[hadn’t] determined” on the ultimate corresponding transfer. That ultimately turned out to be Gonsolin.
