The never-ending injury woes of the Los Angeles Dodgers continue as they placed pitcher River Ryan on the injured list with a UCL strain. The star prospect had started Saturday’s victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 but left the game in the middle of the fifth inning due to right forearm tightness. After testing and deliberation with medical staff, he has decided to undergo Tommy John surgery, effectively sidelining him for the rest of the season until part of 2025. Asked about it, Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes was as perplexed as anybody.
“We’re looking into it and trying to figure it out,” Gomes said, per Bill Plunkett on X, formerly Twitter. “Is there an acute thing? Is there are an over-arching issue to get at? Right now, I wish I had more answers but we continue to dig…” Afterward, he also added, “We’re seeing it across the industry. We feel it more acutely when it happens to us. But I don’t think this is all that unique.”
Amid Brandon Gomes’ comments, the Dodgers own the league-leading record for most number of days and WAR lost to injuries this season, per the same Plunkett report. Just look at this series of Dodgers pitcher injuries.
