{"id":103294,"date":"2025-07-01T20:52:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=103294"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:52:38","slug":"dodgers-reliever-michael-kopech-lands-injured-list-klein-recalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/01\/dodgers-reliever-michael-kopech-lands-injured-list-klein-recalled\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Reliever Kopech Lands on Injured List; Klein Recalled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s two steps forward, one step back for the Los Angeles Dodgers on the injury front, as they have placed right-handed reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kopecmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kopech<\/a> on the injured list with knee inflammation, the team announced Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kleinwi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Klein<\/a> has been recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103307\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-103307\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26508719_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jun 21, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Will Klein (61) throws in the ninth inning against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Dodgers Place Michael Kopech on Injured List, Recall Will Klein<\/h2>\n<h3>Precautionary Measure<\/h3>\n<p>Kopech has received an injection in the knee, but doesn&#8217;t seem overly concerned about it. He said he didn&#8217;t want to &#8220;overcompensate with the drive leg&#8221; and have it lead to arm issues. He will not throw for a few days. This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/01\/dodgers-pitching-injuries-treinen-kopech\/\" target=\"_self\">second time<\/a> Kopech has visited the IL this year. He started the season on the sidelines due to a shoulder injury. He has made eight appearances this season and thrown seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Dodgers recalled RHP Will Klein and placed RHP Michael Kopech on the injured list with right knee inflammation, retroactive to June 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers\/status\/1940173316079460833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Nearly Perfect<\/h3>\n<p>Since being <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/29\/dodgers-three-team-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">acquired from<\/a> the Chicago White Sox at the trade deadline last year, the fireballer <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/30\/dodgers-steal-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">has been nearly unhittable<\/a>. Kopech&#8217;s ERA is a minuscule 0.87. He was one of the most trusted relievers out of the Dodgers&#8217; bullpen in high-leverage situations last year.<\/p>\n<h3>Innings Eater<\/h3>\n<p>Will Klein has covered innings for the Dodgers for an arm-weary bullpen. The right-hander came over from a trade with the Seattle Mariners for fellow pitcher Joe Jacques. He has tossed 3 2\/3 scoreless innings in two appearances for the Dodgers in what was largely a mop-up role. Prior to Seattle, Klein spent time in the Athletics organization.<\/p>\n<h3>In Other News<\/h3>\n<p>Blake Treinen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/snellbl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Snell<\/a> will face hitters tomorrow for the first time since they have been on the IL, according to manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/roberda07.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a>. This is the first announced progress for both <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/13\/looking-ahead-dodgers-injured-pitchers-potential-timelines-return\/\" target=\"_self\">since they have been sidelined<\/a>. The Dodgers hope that all goes well and both highly coveted arms could return sometime after the All-Star Break. It would be a major boost to the ball club as they prepare for the stretch run.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, for the Dodgers, staying healthy is harder than it looks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s two steps forward, one step back for the Los Angeles Dodgers on the injury front, as they have placed right-handed reliever Michael Kopech on the injured list with knee inflammation, the team announced Tuesday. Will Klein has been recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Dodgers Place Michael Kopech on Injured List, Recall Will Klein Precautionary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":103308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071,35],"tags":[1122,991,257,28985,771,3839],"class_list":["post-103294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-blake-snell","tag-blake-treinen","tag-dave-roberts","tag-joe-jacques","tag-michael-kopech","tag-will-klein"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103309,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103294\/revisions\/103309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}