Dodgers’ River Ryan Out For Remainder of Season Following Elbow Injury

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher River Ryan’s season is now over. Ryan left the game early on Saturday with forearm tightness and will now be out for the remainder of the year.

Juan Toribio of MLB.com broke the news of Ryan’s injury.

Before coming out of the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ryan begged manager Dave Roberts to stay in. He clearly didn’t believe the issue was serious at the time.

“Last two pitches, it really started to tighten up on me a little bit. I begged Doc to let me keep going, but he pulled the plug,” Ryan said, via Spectrum SportsNet.

Ryan was coming along nicely for the Dodgers prior to the injury. He looked like one of the better young pitchers on the staff and gave the starting rotation a spark amid all the other injuries.

This is a big blow to the Dodgers’ rotation moving forward. This is just another in a long line of injuries to starting pitchers for Los Angeles this season.

The team has seen 17 different pitchers start games for them this season, the most in the big leagues.

The rookie right-hander posted an ERA of 1.33 over four starts. He was 1-0, with 18 strikeouts, and had a WHIP of 1.18.

Los Angeles won each game that Ryan started, making this injury even more detrimental to the team. The Dodgers called up Landon Knack to replace Ryan but he will work mainly out of the bullpen.

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