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Brock Stewart is back with the Dodgers to make his second Major League start, charged with the always-daunting task of pitching in Coors Field. Stewart’s big league debut came on June 29th at Milwaukee, in which he gave up five runs in five innings on eight hits and two walks while striking out seven. Stewart then returned to Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he made four starts in the month of July, allowing eight runs across 24 IP and striking out 22 batters while walking just three.
Rookie southpaw Tyler Anderson will make his tenth start of the year for the Rockies, and so far he’s been putting together a pretty nice season for himself. At 54 IP, Anderson has a 3.33 ERA (3.00 FIP) and a 1.28 WHIP. Anderson is striking out batters at a rate of 20.4% (7.67 K/9) and walking them at a rate of just 4.4% (1.67 BB/9). He has induced ground balls at a rate of 56.1%, which is about as good a recipe for success as any at Coors Field. The Rockies are 5-4 in his starts.
This will be Anderson’s first time facing the Dodgers. You will note that the newly-acquired Josh Reddick is not starting (but don’t call it a platoon).
The Dodgers had a rather busy day in terms of roster moves. In addition to calling up Stewart, Julio Urías and trade deadline acquisition Josh Fields are up to help with the bullpen:
The Dodgers have recalled RHP Brock Stewart (tonight’s starter) and Josh Fields and LHP Julio Urías from @okc_dodgers.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2016
Urías, who most recently pitched an inning in relief for Oklahoma City on Sunday, was supposed to start for the Triple-A club tonight, but obviously that’s not happening anymore. As for what the Dodgers plan to do with him:
#Dodgers Dave Roberts said Julio Urias is here to provide length out of pen but could be "an option" to start Sat or Sun if not Hill/Norris
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) August 3, 2016
(Rich Hill got through his bullpen session today without issue.)
The 30-year-old Fields, who spent the past two months with the Astros’ Triple-A affiliate, was assigned to Oklahoma City yesterday for what turned out to be a very brief stint. Chad wrote about the right-handed reliever (and the trade that brought him to L.A.) here.
This is a big part of why the Dodgers are in sudden need of bullpen help:
Dodgers place RHP Louis Coleman (right shoulder fatigue) and LHP Adam Liberatore (left elbow inflammation, retroactive to 7/30) on DL.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2016
Louis Coleman appeared in yesterday’s game, allowing two hits in a scoreless inning of relief.
Adam Liberatore had been putting together an improbably great season that featured a team record-setting scoreless streak of 28 appearances. He last pitched on July 29th, but apparently has been ailing for some time:
Adam Liberatore said elbow has been sore since June. The discomfort increased after he hurt his knee in STL, which affected his delivery.
— Andy McCullough (@ByMcCullough) August 3, 2016
There was also this:
OF Andrew Toles and RHP Josh Ravin (reinstated from restricted list) have been optioned to @okc_dodgers.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2016
The Andrew Toles option might not seem especially noteworthy, except for the fact that it comes on the heels of all the drama with Yasiel Puig (detailed by Dustin here). As Chad put it:
https://twitter.com/ChadMoriyama/status/760948267278413824
Josh Ravin, you may recall, received an 80-game suspension earlier this season for PED usage. I wrote about that (and his weird Twitter history) here.
Finally, there’s this, which is unsurprising but still depressing as hell:
LHP Clayton Kershaw has been moved to the 60-day disabled list. He is eligible to return August 27.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 3, 2016
Yeah. Whatever. I don’t want to talk about it.
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