Dodgers Recall Matt Sauer
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers recalled right-handed pitcher Matt Sauer and placed right-handed pitcher Evan Phillips on the injured list with right forearm discomfort.
Sauer, 26, returns for his third stint with the team and he is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in 6.2 innings this season. Last season, he made his Major League debut in 2024 as a member of the Kansas City Royals and went 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA in 14 games. He was originally drafted by the Yankees in the second round of the 2017 First Year Player Draft out Ernest Righetti High School (Santa Maria, Calif.).
Phillips, 30, heads to the injured list for the second time this season after missing 21 games. He made seven appearances, tossing 5.2 innings and striking out six without allowing a run. The righty is in his fifth season with the Dodgers, and he is 15-9 with a 2.22 ERA in 201 games. He has pitched in 250 Major League games with the Atlanta Braves (2018), Baltimore Orioles (2018-20), Tampa Bay Rays (2021) and Dodgers (2021-) and he is 16-21 with 46 saves and a 3.36 ERA. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 15th round of the 2015 First Year Player Draft out of UNC Wilmington.
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