{"id":684663,"date":"2026-04-28T03:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/684663\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:27:21","slug":"dodgers-edwin-diaz-knew-about-loose-bodies-in-elbow-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/684663\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ Edwin D\u00edaz knew about ‘loose bodies’ in elbow in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dodgers<\/a> closer Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a> said Monday that he\u2019s known about the five loose bodies in his elbow \u2014 which were removed in an operation Wednesday \u2014 since he was drafted in 2012.<\/p>\n

Last week in Colorado was the first time it affected him. He gave up three runs without recording an out on April 19. And the next day, he told the team his arm felt \u201cweird.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, he described the feeling as \u201ctired and tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before his arm started giving him problems, D\u00edaz was unavailable for four straight games because of fatigue in his knee. His legs felt \u201cgood\u201d in Colorado, D\u00edaz said.<\/p>\n

Results from an MRI scan suggested that the loose bodies in his elbow were to blame for the discomfort in his arm. D\u00edaz said he was confident the operation would resolve the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tightness and the soreness was where the loose body was,\u201d D\u00edaz said. \u201cSo that\u2019s why we ended up getting the surgery because it was in the same spot I\u2019ve always had them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s hoping to return after the All-Star break. So, the Dodgers will have to come up with an alternate ninth-inning plan for the next two-and-a-half months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat sucks to miss the first half with the team,\u201d D\u00edaz said. \u201cI\u2019m new with this team. But that\u2019s something I can\u2019t control. Everyone here is supporting me. All of my teammates they\u2019re supporting me, they\u2019re happy that I\u2019m doing way better than before. They just can\u2019t wait to see me on the mound in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say, take your time, we need you in October. But I want to come back as soon as possible and help this team to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz is still waiting to have his stitches removed, but he expects to start playing catch in a couple weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy arm is feeling way better than it did on Sunday,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a good sign. Right now, just a couple days after surgery, I can move my arm really good. My range of motion is coming back to normal. So that\u2019s something I like. And just get stronger and be ready for the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodgers closer Edwin D\u00edaz said Monday that he\u2019s known about the five loose bodies in his elbow \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[11146,5,167,6389,39,1087,5429,11578,9492,1165,4332,4333,86572,774,57,3224,4331,4,3247,86574,86573,3712,7801,7826,235],"class_list":["post-684663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-arm","tag-baseball","tag-colorado","tag-diaz","tag-dodgers","tag-edwin-diaz","tag-elbow","tag-first-time","tag-knee","tag-la","tag-la-dodgers","tag-ladodgers","tag-loose-body","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesdodgers","tag-mlb","tag-monday","tag-mri-scan","tag-operation-wednesday","tag-result","tag-straight-game","tag-surgery","tag-team"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116480209307202900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684663","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=684663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}