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Dodger Stadium was empty Monday afternoon, save for a few players going through some fielding drills, when Dodgers bullpen coach Josh Bard gathered his eight relievers in left field for a pep talk.
Bard addressed the group briefly. The relief corps had blown a six-run lead in a marathon loss to the San Diego Padres less than 24 hours earlier. It was a new day. At the end, they all put their hands in the middle and broke the huddle for their pregame workouts.
The group’s composition told part of the story of the Dodgers’ recent troubles. Joe Kelly, Tony Gonsolin, and Corey Knebel weren’t there. They’re all on the injured list for the foreseeable future. David Price was also missing. Minutes later, Price officially joined them.
The news was expected after manager Dave Roberts revealed that Price had a strain in his outing Sunday after the loss, but the severity was unclear. On Monday, Roberts disclosed another dose of bad news: Price suffered a Grade 2 strain and will miss at least a few weeks.
“It depends on how David responds,” Roberts said. “The nice thing is he can still keep his arm moving, and he’s determined to get back sooner than later, so we’ll see how it plays out.”
With Price’s addition, the Dodgers have five players on the injured list that they expect to contribute in 2021.
Price strained the hamstring after his third pitch in the seventh inning Sunday. He threw another 14 and gave up two runs, one earned, before getting three outs.
Price’s performance didn’t change Roberts’ pitching plan. The Dodgers still had a four-run lead and the bullpen was short three relievers. Robert wanted the former Cy Young Award winner to log at least another inning, if not the next two to finish out the game, after double-switching to put him on the mound.
Then Roberts got word of Price’s hamstring and those plans blew up, commencing a series of unfortunate events for the home team. The Padres scored two runs in each of the next two innings to tie the game, and another run in the 11th inning to win it against Garrett Cleavinger, the last available reliever left in the Dodgers’ bullpen.
Price’s move to the injured list was one of a series of moves the Dodgers made ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Cincinnati Reds.
Second baseman Gavin Lux (wrist) was activated from the injured list and reliever Dennis Santana was reinstated from the COVID-19 list after dealing with side effects from his second vaccine dose. Mitch White was recalled to join the bullpen while Cleavinger and outfielder DJ Peters were optioned to the alternate training site.
Lux started at second base Monday after going on the injured list April 19, retroactive to April 16, with a right wrist injury.
“We have to appreciate how much time he’s missed, which hasn’t been a ton,” Roberts said. “But seeing how his leg feels, for this series I expect him to be in there each day.”
Roberts said White, a starter in the minor leagues, will be used a reliever to cover two innings at a time. White, 26, made his major league debut last season. He was hampered in spring training with a shoulder injury, which kept him from appearing in a Cactus League and made him unavailable for the start of the season.
He joins a group that’s been challenged in the season’s first four weeks, perhaps never more so than Sunday.
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