{"id":109521,"date":"2025-08-31T09:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/109521\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T09:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:35:29","slug":"dodgers-notes-stewart-kopech-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/109521\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Notes: Stewart, Kopech, Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dodgers lost right-hander Brock Stewart<\/a> to the 15-day injured list earlier this month due to shoulder inflammation<\/a>, and manager Dave Roberts revealed to reporters (including Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register<\/a>) earlier today that Stewart actually suffered a setback not long after going on the shelf. Stewart initially received a cortisone injection and resumed playing catch last week, but felt continued discomfort when he started to ramp back up. That required another injection and a second shutdown from throwing, but Plunkett adds that Stewart has resumed playing catch at this point.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s encouraging that Stewart is throwing once again, the news of a setback does raise questions over just how much Los Angeles can expect to get from the right-hander down the stretch and into the playoffs. Roberts suggested that the club is \u201chopeful\u201d\u00a0Stewart will be able to return at some point in September, but there\u2019s no firm timeline for the righty at this point. He\u2019s made just four appearances since serving as Los Angeles\u2019s lone bullpen addition over the summer, and he pitched to a 4.91 ERA with a 3.94 FIP across those 3 2\/3 innings of work prior to hitting the shelf.<\/p>\n

With Tanner Scott<\/a> and Blake Treinen<\/a> serving as a strong one-two punch in the late innings, perhaps the Dodgers will be able to get on without Stewart providing much down the stretch. While L.A.\u2019s relief corps has been slightly below average overall this year, they\u2019ve actually been one of the best units in the sport since the All-Star break with a 3.18 ERA in their last 133 innings of work. It\u2019s unclear if the Dodgers\u2019 bullpen will be able to keep that up headed into the playoffs, but the good news is that they are getting reinforcements from the injured list in the form of Michael Kopech<\/a>. Plunkett writes that the right-hander has finished his rehab assignment and has now joined the club ahead of his anticipated activation from the injured list this coming Tuesday.<\/p>\n

After serving as one of the stars of the Dodgers bullpen down the stretch and into the postseason last year, Kopech has been limited to just eight appearances in 2025 by a handful of injuries. He\u2019s expected to rejoin the roster in fairly short order, however, which is good news given that the seven innings of work he\u2019s mustered this year have been nothing short of dominant. He\u2019s not allowed a single run while striking out 27.6% of his opponents, though his 13.8% walk rate is high enough to raise some eyebrows. Regardless, it seems likely that Kopech will slide right back into his late-inning role with the Dodgers upon his return, joining Treinen and Scott at the back of the club\u2019s bullpen ahead of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Kopech isn\u2019t the only arm the Dodgers could get back in the near future. Plunkett also notes that southpaw Kyle Hurt<\/a>, who\u2019s been rehabbing from Tommy John surgery since July 2024, is finally nearing a return to the mound after throwing live batting practice to Tommy Edman<\/a>, Justin Dean<\/a>, and Dalton Rushing<\/a> at Dodger Stadium today. The next step for Hurt, per Plunkett, is a two-inning appearance with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Hurt has just four big league appearances under his belt, and while he\u2019s pitched to a 1.04 ERA in those 8 2\/3 innings of work at the big league level it\u2019s unclear if he\u2019ll get back in time to make more MLB outings this year. Even if he doesn\u2019t return to the majors, getting back on the mound this year at all should be valuable for Hurt headed into the offseason, when he\u2019ll look ahead to competing for a roster spot during Spring Training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dodgers lost right-hander Brock Stewart to the 15-day injured list earlier this month due to shoulder inflammation,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[28244,49,48,62023,14549,462,82],"class_list":["post-109521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-brock-stewart","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kyle-hurt","tag-michael-kopech","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}