{"id":596400,"date":"2026-04-20T23:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596400\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:03:07","slug":"edwin-diaz-to-undergo-surgery-for-loose-bodies-in-elbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596400\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin D\u00edaz To Undergo Surgery For Loose Bodies In Elbow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dodgers announced that right-hander Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a> has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow loose bodies. A subsequent announcement said that he will have surgery to address the issue and is expected to return in the second half of the season. Reportedly, he\u2019ll miss about three months, which will put him in line for a return sometime around the All-Star break. Left-hander Jake Eder<\/a> has been recalled to take D\u00edaz\u2019s spot on the active roster.<\/p>\n

The status of D\u00edaz has been a bit of a mystery for a while now, as he has struggled for the Dodgers while pitching with diminished velocity. His fastball has averaged 95.7 miles per hour so far this year, a notable drop from his 97.2 mph average last year. His results were fine through five outings but his sixth, on April 10th, was rough. He entered a 7-4 game in the ninth and surrendered three runs, allowing the Rangers to tie it up.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers were able to walk that game off in the bottom of the ninth but D\u00edaz became a question mark. He didn\u2019t pitch in official game action for over a week after that, even though the Dodgers had some save situations. He was finally back on the mound last night but the results were again poor. He entered in the bottom of the eighth at Coors Field, with the Dodgers down 6-4. He faced four batters, allowing three hits and a walk, then was removed without recording an out.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, it\u2019s nice to have a diagnosis that explains his struggles, but any elbow issue for a pitcher is going to be worrisome. Losing him for three months is going to be a blow. He has been one of the best closers in recent history and was just signed to a huge contract in the offseason. The Dodgers gave him a three-year, $69MM deal to scoop him away from the Mets.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers have won the past two World Series but their 2025 title came despite a shaky bullpen. Manager Dave Roberts relied more and more on his starters as the postseason went along and the Dodgers just barely held on, as they almost lost to the Jays on a few occasions, going into extra innings in Game Seven.<\/p>\n

The D\u00edaz signing was supposed to patch over one of the club\u2019s few weak spots as they look for a three-peat. Though D\u00edaz isn\u2019t quite as ridiculously dominant as he was a few years ago, he still had a great 2025 season, tossing 66 1\/3 innings with a 1.63 earned run average 38% strikeout rate, 8% walk rate and 48.4% ground ball rate.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers generally approach injuries with a long view. Their team is strong enough that they can feel quite good about their chances of making the postseason. They can have their players, particularly the pitchers, take their time to ensure they are healthy for the postseason. Given the three-month timeline, they can take that approach with D\u00edaz. Ideally, he will be back in time to shake off some rust down the stretch and be in peak form for October.<\/p>\n

Time will tell how that goes. If D\u00edaz experiences any kind of setback or struggles to get in form once he is healthy, it could potentially impact how the Dodgers approach the trade deadline, which is on August 3rd this year.<\/p>\n

For now, they will have to proceed without their big offseason bullpen investment. Tanner Scott<\/a>, Alex Vesia<\/a> and Blake Treinen<\/a> could be candidates for picking up some save opportunities now. Scott is back in good form so far this year after a rough 2025. Vesia has picked up a few scattered saves over the years and has started 2026 with ten scoreless appearances. Treinen has past closing experience but isn\u2019t out to a great start this year, with a 4.05 ERA thus far.<\/p>\n

Alden Gonz\u00e1lez of ESPN<\/a> reported that he would undergo surgery and be out about three months. Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic<\/a>\u00a0first reported that some kind of procedure would take place. Jack Harris of the California Post<\/a> first reported that the Dodgers would expect him to be back from that procedure during this season. Photo courtesy of Jayne Kamin-Oncea, Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dodgers announced that right-hander Edwin D\u00edaz has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[12947,99],"class_list":["post-596400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-edwin-diaz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}