Six years after he left on waivers, Brock Stewart came back to the Dodgers at his year’s trade deadline, but the reliever’s return to the bullpen was cut short by a shoulder injury.
Stewart was taken by the Cubs in the 2019 Rule 5 Draft but he ended up getting released and pitched 2020 in an Independent League. He signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers in 2021 but did not pitch, and had Tommy John surgery that May. He found a home with the Twins, first on a minor league deal in 2022 and then in the majors over the next three years.
With the Twins from 2023-25, Stewart had a 2.33 ERA and 2.68 xERA in 77 1/3 innings. But he also missed time with elbow soreness, shoulder tendinitis, a shoulder strain that required arthroscopic surgery in August 2024, and a hamstring strain this season.
Stats: 4 games, 3 2/3 IP, 2 runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts with Dodgers; 2.38 ERA, 34 IP, 41 K, 11 BB with Twins
Salary: $870,000, of which the Dodgers paid roughly $275,968
In his first game back with the Dodgers, on August 3 in Tampa, Stewart pitched a scoreless eighth inning to protect a 2-0 lead over the Rays, working around a two-out single by Junior Caminero.