LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers have recalled left-handed pitcher Victor González and have optioned right-handed pitcher Tony Gonsolin.
Gonzalez, 24, returns for his second stint with the club after throwing 1.0 inning, allowing one run on three hits in his lone appearance with the Dodgers on July 31 at Arizona. The Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico native has been with the Dodgers since signing an international free agent on July 2, 2012. In six seasons with the Dodger organization, he is a combined 17-27 with a 4.34 ERA (182 ER/377.0 IP) and 364 strikeouts in 112 games (76 starts). Last season, he started the season in Advanced-A Rancho Cucamonga and finished with Triple-A Oklahoma City, going a combined 5-2 with a 2.31 ERA (23 ER/89.2 IP) and 93 strikeouts in 38 games (13 starts) across three levels.
Gonsolin, 26, made the start for the Dodgers yesterday, tossing 6.0 innings of scoreless baseball with three strikeouts in the no decision. In three starts for the Dodgers in 2020, he is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/14.2 IP) and has not allowed run in his last five appearances, spanning over 17.2 innings going back to 2019. In 14 career MLB games, the Vacaville, CA native is 4-2 with a 2.14 ERA (13 ER/54.2 IP) and 49 strikeouts. The former 2018 Branch Rickey Dodger Minor League Pitcher of the Year is a combined 20-14 with a 3.33 ERA (100 ER/270.1 IP) and 315 strikeouts in 100 minor league games (29 starts) for the Dodgers. He was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the ninth round of the 2016 First Year Player Draft out of St. Mary’s College.