DENVER \u2014 The Dodgers thought something was not right with their new closer. And they were right.<\/p>\n
They placed Edwin Diaz on the injured list with loose bodies in his right elbow on Monday. Diaz will have surgery to address the issue. His return date will be determined after the procedure, but it is possible he will not pitch again this season.<\/p>\n
Diaz has pitched with diminished velocity on his fastball this season, dropping to just 92.8 mph on one pitch during his outing on Sunday. Diaz faced four batters and didn\u2019t retire any. His ERA ballooned to 10.50 through his first seven appearances this season.<\/a><\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s appearance was Diaz\u2019s first time on the mound in nine days \u2013 since a blown save on April 10 against the Texas Rangers<\/a>. Signed for three years and $69 million as a free agent last winter, Diaz had converted his first four saves before that, but the Dodgers were concerned that he wasn\u2019t feeling right and examined his right knee<\/a>. Diaz had that knee surgically repaired after an injury during the 2023 World Baseball Classic and missed an entire season.<\/p>\n \u201cToday was a tough evaluation. I mean, it really was,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Sunday\u2019s outing. \u201cBecause I know what it\u2019s supposed to look like, and when it doesn\u2019t look like that, it gets a little concerning, really. And so, I\u2019ll have a conversation with him. I know our training staff, and pitching guys will, and make sure that there is nothing to it, because the radar gun has been consistent, and his velocity has been consistent in that, and it wasn\u2019t there today.<\/p>\n \u201cI gotta know more.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dodgers recalled right-hander Jake Eder to take Diaz\u2019s spot on the roster. Eder was acquired from the Washington Nationals on April 1 in exchange for cash considerations. He made three appearances for Triple-A Oklahoma City, allowing two runs in 5\u2153 innings. The 27-year-old made one appearance for the Chicago White Sox in 2024 and eight with the Angels last season, posting a 4.87 ERA in 20\u2153 innings total.<\/p>\n More to come on this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2014 The Dodgers thought something was not right with their new closer. And they were right. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2398],"tags":[5,57,4,415,185,414,71,4222],"class_list":{"0":"post-680041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-nationals","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-washington","14":"tag-washington-nationals","15":"tag-washingtonnationals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116439586120516056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}