The Dodgers added another arm to the injured list on Sunday, sending Jack Dreyer there with shoulder discomfort and recalling Paul Gervase in the latest shuffle to a staff that has been hit hard again and again. Dreyer’s X-rays showed inflammation but no structural damage, and the club was hopeful he would need only the minimum stay.
The move fit a familiar pattern. Charlie Barnes was optioned after coming up two days earlier to cover for Blake Snell, while Chayce McDermott was recalled and then sent back to Triple-A a day later after the Dodgers signed free agent Jonathan Hernández. Ben Casparius was also transferred to the 60-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, leaving the Dodgers to keep patching a staff already missing Tyler Glasnow and Snell.
That kind of churn has become part of the story in Los Angeles. Over the last few years, the Dodgers have used 40 pitchers in back-to-back seasons as injuries have spread through both the rotation and the bullpen, and this round of roster movement shows how little margin they have left. Glasnow was shut down after more back spasms, even after he sounded optimistic when he was pulled from his start and called it a simple case of “Tall Guy Back.”
For the Dodgers, the issue is no longer a single injury or one bad week. It is the accumulation of them, one move forcing another and each short-term fix exposing a new gap. Dreyer’s scan offered some relief, but it did not change the larger picture: the team is already trying to navigate a season in which its pitching depth keeps getting tested before it can settle.
