LOS ANGELES — For the second straight day, the Dodgers added a veteran right-hander up from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis to their pitching employees. On Monday, 31-year-old Dinelson Lamet received the decision, changing veteran right-hander Nabil Crismatt, who was simply referred to as up on Sunday.
Like Crismatt, a fellow non-roster invitee, Lamet was listed in Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis's beginning rotation to open the season. Lamet was in line to begin Tuesday for OKC, however is now in Los Angeles as an alternative. Crismatt pitched two scoreless innings in reduction to earn the win for the Dodgers on Sunday, and was designated for task on Monday.
The Dodgers signed Lamet to a minor league contract on Feb. 2 that included a non-roster invitation to spring coaching.
Lamet by way of 4 Cactus League video games has struck out 5 of his 17 batters confronted (29.4 p.c strikeout charge) with a 2.45 ERA. He allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and one stroll in 3⅔ innings.
Lamet was dynamite for the Padres in 2020, ending fourth in Nationwide League Cy Younger Award voting with a 2.09 ERA in 12 begins, however has struggled with accidents since, together with forearm irritation and again stiffness . Final 12 months with the Rockies and Purple Sox, the veteran right-hander had an 11.71 ERA in 27⅔ innings.
With the Dodgers, Lamet will put on uniform quantity 94, the identical quantity he wore throughout spring coaching.
Lamet offers the Dodgers a recent arm, and one that’s constructed to pitch three innings if essential. They'll want it throughout this collection as a result of the Dodgers are choosing a bullpen recreation on Tuesday, the eighth recreation of the season (and solely the sixth since dwelling opening day) to provide beginning pitchers an additional day of relaxation .
Tyler Glasnow and Bobby Miller every pitched six innings of their first dwelling begins, and would have pitched on 4 days' relaxation to finish the collection in opposition to the Giants had the Dodgers not opted for a bullpen recreation to deliver everybody again .
“You've received to get some size out of your starters, however having guys in your roster that may go multiples is actually useful,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated Monday. “What Yarbs did for us the opposite night time, what I anticipate him to do for us Tuesday, it actually permits us quite a lot of flexibility.”
Yarbs is Ryan Yarbrough, who pitched three scoreless innings to save lots of Thursday's dwelling opener, and might be on 4 days' relaxation Tuesday. However the Dodgers nonetheless must get by way of Monday's recreation earlier than determining Tuesday, and Yarbrough stated Monday that his function may change relying on how issues go within the collection opener.
“All of it is dependent upon tonight,” Yarbrough stated. “However the teaching employees does a superb job of speaking what to anticipate.”
