August 11th, 2024 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Murphy’s Law says it all:
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time”
The absolute LAST thing the Dodgers needed was another injury to one of their starting pitchers.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what they got on Saturday, when soon-to-be (on August 17) 26-year-old right-hander River Ryan suffered what was later called “forearm tightness.”
“It’s, right now, I mean, it’s forearm tightness,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, following his team’s 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. “We’re gonna get an MRI tomorrow, and so, hopefully, we have some good news and we’ll see.”
The Charlotte, NC native, who was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round in 2021 out of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and traded to the Dodgers in 2022 for Matt Beaty, finished his 4.2-inning injury-shortened fourth career start having allowed no runs and only four hits, with four strikeouts and no walks.
“Third inning I started feeling a little tightness in my forearm,” Ryan told reporters postgame. “Went back out there for the fifth. Last two pitches, it really started tightening up on me a little bit. I begged Doc to let me keep going, but he pulled the plug on it.”
The silver lining to this Murphy’s Law thing is that right-handed starter Walker Buehler and right-handed reliever Joe Kelly had recent strong re-hab outings at Triple-A OKC and both could soon rejoin the team, so there’s that.
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There is something radically wrong in MLB.
By trying to protect arms with less innings etc more and more injuries are occuring throughout baseball.
How bout trying to throw 93 mph and create movement and hitting accurate spots in the box instead of throwing 98 and wrecking your arm.