LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-handed pitcher Jimmy Nelson and placed outfielder Mookie Betts on the 10-day injured list with right hip inflammation.
Nelson, 32, returns from his second stint on the injured list and is 1-1 with a 2.00 ERA (6 ER/27.0 IP) and 41 strikeouts in 20 games with the Dodgers. He is in his seventh Major League season and is a combined 34-47 with a 4.13 ERA (303 ER/660.1 IP) in 144 games (108 starts). He was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in second round of the 2010 First Year Player Draft out of the University of the Alabama.
Betts, 28, heads to the injured list for the first time this season. In 82 games with the Dodgers, the five-time All-Star is hitting .270 (85-for-315) with 14 homers and 40 RBI. He is in his eighth Major League season and is a .298 hitter with 169 homers and 549 RBI in 931 career games. He was originally acquired by the Dodgers on February 10, 2020 along with David Price from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Alex Verdugo and minor league Connor Wong and Jeter Downs.