ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A beleaguered, short-handed Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen got even more thin Tuesday, when Brock Stewart landed on the injured list with what manager Dave Roberts described as "a little bit of shoulder inflammation."

Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman believes the team "caught it at the very front end."

"We're optimistic that he'll be back,"Friedman said before the Dodgers' 7-6 extra-inning loss to the Angels on Tuesday, thesecond of a three-game road series.

But more will be known when Stewart, the team's lone bullpen acquisition ahead of the trade deadline, undergoes further testing Wednesday. At minimum, he joins five other high-leverage relievers on the shelf: Evan Phillips , Brusdar Graterol , Michael Kopech , Tanner Scott and

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