{"id":459153,"date":"2026-09-10T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459153\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:46:10","slug":"dodgers-put-shohei-ohtani-on-injured-list-after-rout-of-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/459153\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers put Shohei Ohtani on injured list after rout of Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Dodgers<\/a> departed Wednesday for their final multi-city trip of the regular season with their magic number<\/a> to clinch a fifth straight division title at six, meaning their first champagne shower of the year could come as early as Sunday in Miami.<\/p>\n

But Shohei Ohtani<\/a> won\u2019t be there to enjoy it. The Dodgers put the four-time MVP on the injured list for the first time after Wednesday\u2019s 14-1 win over<\/a> the Cincinnati Reds and called up top prospect Josue De Paula<\/a> to take his place. De Paula, 21, who slashed .302\/.400\/.539 with 26 homers and 31 stolen bases at double-A Tulsa, will make his major league debut Friday as the Dodgers\u2019 designated hitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalking to Shohei, the doctors, the training staff, it\u2019s the right thing to do,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said of shelving Ohtani for the next two weeks. \u201cWe tried to kick the can as much as we could. It\u2019s more of let\u2019s take the 15 days and get him reset, get him feeling better, and then build him back up to get the best of him for the postseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohtani, the team leader in home runs (30) and RBIs (80), hasn\u2019t had one of either since Aug. 18. He\u2019s had just nine at-bats this month while battling lingering injuries to his left knee, right biceps, neck and left hip. The right arm is the biggest issue, Roberts said. Ohtani played Monday and took a swing that \u201cdidn\u2019t feel great,\u201d the manager said, which led to the decision to shut him down.<\/p>\n

Ohtani will remain in Los Angeles to consult with doctors during the Dodgers\u2019 seven-game trip. He will be eligible to return to the roster in 15 days, giving him the final week of the regular season to get ready for the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy assumption would be he would be shut down for two, three days just to kind of calm it down. And then slowly ramp back up because now we do have time,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

Roberts said he\u2019s had second thoughts about not putting Ohtani on the IL last week and faces the likelihood that the Dodgers will enter the postseason with their most important player diminished.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re talking about two weeks, 14 days. That\u2019s substantial. He\u2019ll be in a much better place than he was today. Is it going to be 100%? Probably not,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cBut I do think that you know, with this time that we\u2019re taking now, he\u2019ll be in an adequate spot to finish the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the playoffs were tomorrow,\u201d Roberts added, \u201che\u2019d be in the lineup. There\u2019s got to be some at-bats taken before the playoffs, and he understands that. So I\u2019m pretty confident that he\u2019ll be ready to go on that 15th day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberts said Ohtani was in agreement with the decision but was disappointed at not being able to play.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers clearly are limping toward the end of the season with Freddie Freeman<\/a>, the team\u2019s top hitter, joining Ohtani on the sideline Wednesday. Freeman, who also leads the Dodgers in games played and at-bats, is hitting .136 in September while dealing with a right knee issue.<\/p>\n

Neither Ohtani nor Freeman spoke to reporters Wednesday, but the Dodgers soldiered on without them, scoring their most runs since June 27. The Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games and improved to a season-best 32 games over .500.<\/p>\n

\"Yoshinobu <\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Yamamoto reached a career high in victories Wednesday.<\/p>\n

(Robert Gauthier \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

The margin of victory matched the team\u2019s largest and made a winner of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who scattered three hits over seven innings while equaling a career high with 10 strikeouts and notching a career-best 13th victory.<\/p>\n

He left to a standing ovation from the fans behind the third-base dugout.<\/p>\n

Yamamoto got a ton of support with Mookie Betts finishing with three hits, including his 19th home run of the season, and three runs scored. Kyle Tucker also had three hits, including a homer, and scored twice, while Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez \u2014 who has a 10-game hitting streak \u2014 had two hits each. Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez also drove in four runs, one shy of his season total coming into the game.<\/p>\n

Tucker said the absence of Ohtani and Freeman didn\u2019t add any urgency to the Dodgers\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe treat all the games the same, regardless of who\u2019s in lineup or who\u2019s on mound,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cThe guys on the bench, we have the utmost confidence in them, whether they end up starting some games or coming into games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then there are the guys who can\u2019t come into games. With Ohtani joining four other key injured players \u2014 center fielder Andy Pages, backup catcher Dalton Rushing, closer Edwin D\u00edaz and right-hander Roki Sasaki \u2014 Roberts is running out of time to get his team healthy for the playoffs, where they\u2019ll be facing teams a lot better than the last-place Reds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just how to get guys back, but give them enough time to prepare for the postseason,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

That time, however, is running out.<\/p>\n

Times staff writer Maddie Lee contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dodgers departed Wednesday for their final multi-city trip of the regular season with their magic number to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9253,9004,217,426,155869,181098,20345,10198,181097,48,52,51,47,50,49,10250,181099,424,422,2429,316],"class_list":["post-459153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-at-bat","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-day","tag-dodgers","tag-first-baseman-freddie-freeman","tag-freddie-freeman-sit","tag-freeman","tag-hitter","tag-injury-woe","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-ohtani","tag-right-knee-issue","tag-roberts","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-thursday","tag-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}