Dodgers Pitcher Injury Wave Continues Phillips is on the injury list with a forearm injury

The Dodgers' bullpen has been under a huge load since the start of the season for more than a month, and right pitcher Evan Phillips was placed on the 15-day injury list due to right forearm discomfort in a 10-1 win at loanDepot on Wednesday, dealing another blow to the team's mid-season reinforcement plans.

Phillips opened the list of injuries this season with a right shoulder rotator strain that led to his absence from last year's World Series. Since his return on April 19, he has made seven appearances in 14 games and conceded no points in 5.2 innings.

As a counter-action, right-hand pitcher Matt Sauer was recalled from the triple-A Oklahoma City team. Saul won his first major league win last Tuesday with a five-inning backing line-up, and this time he played the firefighter again. He pitched four innings to replace temporary starter Landon Knack's five-innings pitch to help the team rebuild the bullpen ahead of the upcoming four-game game in Arizona.

Ahead of Phillips' injury list, manager Dave Roberts revealed Saul had arrived with the bench. Since Saul has been sent to minor leagues in the past 15 days, this recall must be based on the player's injury provisions.

"There's a possibility," Roberts said of whether any pitcher would be on the injury list, "and the barn is overutilized and we have to manage the load carefully to make sure there's no hidden danger." The physical condition of several pitchers is currently being assessed. "

As of Wednesday, the Dodgers Bullpen leads the major leagues with 157 innings. The team currently has just four healthy traditional starters (not counting Nack, who was on the board in the series finale) and is in the middle of a 10-day stretch of Devils' schedule.

With Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow injured back-to-back, Dodge resorted to a "fake starter" strategy on several occasions, resulting in over-consumption of the cowshed. Four pitchers, Kirby Yates, Alex Vesia, Tanner Scott and Luis García, have played more than half of the team's first 36 games.