Fourteen Dodgers are currently sidelined on the injured list as of August 19, a brutal tally that shows how banged up this team is right now. This is a club familiar with the IL carousel, having sent 28 different players there in 2025 alone, matching their 2024 total, and a whopping 34 in 2023. Pitchers have to sit for a minimum of 15 days, position players at least 10, and L.A. has been filling those slots all year long.
The IL Ward Is Overflowing With Talent
The current list is a real testament to how much adversity the Dodgers are facing. Right-hander Blake Treinen has been out since June 20 with right elbow inflammation, eventually moving to the 60-day list on August 11. Tyler Glasnow, a starting pitcher, hit the IL on May 8 with lower back spasms, later joining the 60-day club on June 6. Talk about a double blow to the rotation! Justin Wrobleski (left forearm inflammation, Aug 16), Dalton Rushing (slightly torn UCL, Aug 3), and Will Smith (neck inflammation, Jun 11) are also out. Edwin Díaz is dealing with neck inflammation since August 18, and that’s on top of his earlier elbow issues!
The bullpen isn’t catching a break either with Will Klein (right elbow discomfort, Aug 1). Kris Bubic, another starter, got sidelined with left elbow soreness on May 18 and landed on the 60-day IL by July 1. Ben Casparius (shoulder inflammation, Apr 13), Brusdar Graterol (shoulder surgery, Mar 25, followed by back surgery in late May), Gavin Stone (shoulder inflammation, Mar 25), Blake Snell (loose bodies in elbow, May 15, then surgery on May 19), Jake Cousins (Tommy John surgery, Mar 25), and Bobby Miller (shoulder soreness, Mar 24) round out this staggering list. It’s just brutal.
They’ve Been Dropping All Season Long
This isn’t a new problem for the Dodgers this year, either. Before the regular season even officially kicked off, they had Evan Phillips and Kiké Hernández already stashed on the 60-day injured list with Kiké needing left elbow surgery way back on February 21. Then, on Opening Day, they already had six more guys land on the IL, including Blake Snell and Tommy Edman.
Plenty of other guys have had their stints and returned, though. Mookie Betts was out with an oblique strain from April 5 to May 11, missing 32 games. Edwin Díaz already spent a whopping 86 games recovering from right elbow surgery from April 20 to July 29. Jack Dreyer missed 12 games in May, and Tommy Edman, who was rehabbing that right ankle on March 24, ended up missing 73 games from March 25 to June 16 after surgery. Kiké Hernández finally got back on May 25 after missing 53 games following his elbow surgery. Even Freddie Freeman had a short two-game absence in April for the birth of his daughter.
With this many key players sidelined, it’s a grind every single night for the Dodgers. You have to wonder how long they can keep patching holes and when some of these core guys might actually get back on the field. This team’s health, or lack thereof, is shaping up to be the story of their season. We’ll be watching to see if they can weather this storm, because right now, it looks like a full-blown hurricane.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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