Gavin Stone was the answer to a trivia question in 2024, as he led a championship team in both starts (25) and innings pitched (140 1/3), but did not pitch during the postseason.
“The capsule was a big thing. I don’t necessarily know what happened, but the capsule was being scraped by the bone, or something like that. And they did a partial labrum and partial rotator as well. Basically a new shoulder. Just trying to get healthy right now and get stronger is the main aspect.”
Stone is one of several Dodgers pitchers who spent the entire 2025 season on the injured list, along with Brusdar Graterol, River Ryan, Kyle Hurt, and Michael Grove. All are ostensibly in the mix for playing time at some point in 2026 after returning from surgery, except for Grove, who was sent outright to the minors off the 40-man roster on November 6 and subsequently became a minor league free agent.