{"id":798587,"date":"2026-09-07T03:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/798587\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T03:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:09:18","slug":"dodgers-place-dalton-rushing-on-10-day-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/798587\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Place Dalton Rushing On 10-Day Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dodgers announced that catcher Daulton Rushing has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to September 5.\u00a0 Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo<\/a> was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move.<\/p>\n

Rushing\u2019s official injury designation is \u201cright elbow discomfort,\u201d which naturally stems from the partial UCL tear<\/a> that sidelined the backstop for almost all of August.\u00a0 Los Angeles only just activated Rushing from that previous IL stint on September 1, and he appeared as a pinch-hitter in four games before being a late scratch as the original starting designated hitter in Saturday\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n

Following Saturday\u2019s game, manager Dave Roberts told Bill Plunkett of the Southern California Newspaper Group<\/a> and other reporters that Rushing\u2019s elbow \u201cflared up\u201d during a pre-game throwing session.\u00a0 There wasn\u2019t much expectation that Rushing would be able to return to catching at some point this year, and this IL placement probably closes that door entirely.\u00a0 Assuming Rushing is able to return to action, he\u2019ll be limited to pinch-hit duties against right-handed pitching, as Shohei Ohtani<\/a> (once healthy<\/a>) will reclaim the DH spot.<\/p>\n

Such a limited usage makes Rushing a question mark for the Dodgers\u2019 postseason rosters, assuming again that he\u2019ll be ready to hit by October.\u00a0 It could be that this IL stint is simply a way of allowing Rushing to fully recover from this current bout of soreness, so he\u2019ll be ready for the playoffs and just focused on his readiness as a hitter, not as a catcher.<\/p>\n

The former top prospect has enjoyed a bit of a breakout this year, hitting .249\/.332\/.466 with 12 home runs over 250 plate appearances.\u00a0 Rushing received more playing time than expected due to Will Smith<\/a>\u2019s extended time on the IL, and Rushing made enough of the opportunity to establish himself as part of the Dodgers\u2019 plans.\u00a0 The left-handed hitter has batted .259\/.342\/.506 in 184 PA against right-handed pitchers, as compared to a more modest .220\/.303\/.356 slash line in 66 PA against southpaws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dodgers announced that catcher Daulton Rushing has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to September…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,10900,59440],"class_list":["post-798587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-dalton-rushing","tag-eliezer-alfonzo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117227563511202186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798587","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=798587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}