ANAHEIM — The only high-leverage reliever the Dodgers acquired at the trade deadline is going on the injured list – along with the two high-leverage relievers they signed last winter.
Brock Stewart was placed on the IL on Tuesday after making just four appearances with the Dodgers after he was acquired at the July 31 trade deadline from the Minnesota Twins in a deal for outfielder James Outman.
Stewart went on the IL with shoulder inflammation but will undergo further examination on Wednesday. He has a history of shoulder (and elbow) issues and underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery last season.
“It sounds like we caught it at the very front end,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said. “He talked about how this was maturity for him, to say something (and not try