Dodgers recall Michael Grove & Gavin Stone
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-handed pitchers Michael Grove and Gavin Stone, optioned left-handed pitcher Victor González and placed left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder soreness, backdated to June 30.
Grove, 26, will make the start tonight against the Pirates and he is 0-2 with a 7.54 ERA (31 ER/37.0 IP) and 34 strikeouts this season with the Boys in Blue. He has been with the Dodgers two seasons, and he is a combined 1-2 with a 6.24 ERA (46 ER/66.1 IP) and 58 strikeouts. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2018 First Year Player Draft out of West Virginia University.
Stone, 24, returns for his second stint with the Dodgers. He made three starts for the Dodgers, allowing 16 runs in 10.0 innings with five strikeouts. With Triple-A Oklahoma City, he is 2-4 with a 6.71 ERA (40 ER/53.2 IP) and 64 strikeouts against 30 walks in 12 starts. Last season, he was named the 2022 Dodgers Branch Rickey Pitcher of the Year after going a combined 9-6 with a 1.48 ERA (20 ER/121.2 IP) and 168 strikeouts between High-A Great Lakes, Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City. The Arkansas native has been in the Dodger system since being drafted in the 5th round of the 2020 First Year Player Draft out of the University of Central Arkansas and he is a combined 13-12 with a 3.31 ERA (98 ER/266.1 IP) and 370 strikeouts.
Kershaw, 35, heads to the injured for the first time this season and he is 10-4 in 16 starts and holds an ERA of 2.55 (27 ER/95.1 IP) with 105 strikeouts against 24 walks on the campaign. The Texas native was named to his second consecutive and 10th overall trip to the All-Star game last night, which is now tied with Pee Wee Reese for most appearances in franchise history. The lefty became the 74th player in Major League Baseball history with double digit nods to the All-Star Game and the ninth pitcher ever, joining Warren Spahn (17), Mariano Rivera (13), Tom Seaver (12), Roger Clemons (11), Steve Carlton (10), Whitey Ford (10), Randy Johnson (10) and Juan Marichal (10). In 16 seasons with Los Angeles, the left-hander has a record of 207-91 with an ERA of 2.48 (738 ER/2676.1 IP), 2,912 strikeouts and a 1.00 WHIP.
González, 27, appeared in 25 games (one start) for the Dodgers, allowing 14 runs in 23.1 innings with 22 strikeouts against seven walks. In three seasons with the Dodgers, he is a combined 8-4 with a 3.52 ERA (31 ER/79.1 IP) and 78 strikeouts against 28 walks in 84 games (three starts). The Mexico native was signed by the Dodgers on July 2, 2012 as an international free agent out of Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico.