LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers on Sunday named Michael Petersen and JP Feyereisen as contemporary arms for a bullpen that already has an particularly heavy workload this week.
The Dodgers already used a bullpen recreation this week, on Thursday, when Yoshinobu Yamamoto had his begin pushed again a number of days. Then his begin on Saturday turned a de facto bullpen recreation after Yamamoto left with triceps tightness after two innings, and landed on the 15-day injured record on Sunday.
Michael Grove and Anthony Banda every pitched not less than two innings on Saturday, and 5 of the eight relievers within the Dodgers bullpen have pitched twice within the earlier three video games. Blake Treinen and Yohan Ramírez had every pitched in three of the earlier 4 video games, with Treinen throwing a season-high 39 pitches on Saturday, the final of which was hit into the right-field pavilion for a game-changing grand slam.
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Grove was additionally positioned on the 15-day injured record Sunday with an intercostal pressure proper after a heavy workload this week, pitching thrice within the earlier 5 days, totaling 4 innings and 73 pitches.
“We determined to provide it a shot,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated Sunday.
Petersen was a non-roster invitee in spring coaching and impressed all season in Triple-A, posting a 1.61 ERA in 23 video games for Oklahoma Metropolis, with 31 strikeouts (a 37 % strikeout fee) and 6 walks in 22⅓ innings. innings.
The appropriate-hander pitched for Nice Britain within the 2023 World Baseball Basic, and threw a four-seam fastball between 98-100 mph in Triple-A, with a cutter operating 88-90 mph. If he will get in a recreation with the Dodgers, the 30-year-old Petersen will make his main league debut.
“My message to him was to maintain your eyes open, and simply assault,” Roberts stated. “Assault with quick and breaking balls, and be within the strike zone.”
That is Feyereisen's fourth stint with the Dodgers this season, and that doesn't depend final weekend in New York, when he joined the workforce at Yankee Stadium within the workforce cab on Saturday however ended up not being known as up .
Feyereisen within the majors this season has a 6.00 ERA in 9 innings, however all of these runs got here earlier within the yr. Throughout his seven Might appearances with the Dodgers, Feyereisen pitched 7⅔ scoreless innings, with seven strikeouts.
Each Petersen and Feyereisen pitched final Thursday for Oklahoma Metropolis, every pitching a scoreless inning.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Petersen, the Dodgers moved Joe Kelly to the 60-day injured record. Kelly has been sidelined since Might 6 with a proper shoulder pressure and has thrown a few bullpen classes lately. This transfer implies that the earliest it may very well be activated is July fifth.
