{"id":103620,"date":"2025-07-07T19:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=103620"},"modified":"2025-07-07T19:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:52:34","slug":"dodgers-place-kike-hernandez-injured-list-recall-james-outman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/07\/dodgers-place-kike-hernandez-injured-list-recall-james-outman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Place Kik\u00e9 Hernandez on Injured List, Recall James Outman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, the Los Angeles Dodgers are dealing with the injury bug. They made a flurry of roster moves ahead of the series opener at the Milwaukee Brewers. Chief among them, the Dodgers placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernaen02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> on the injured list with elbow inflammation and recalled outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/outmaja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Outman<\/a> from Triple-A Oklahoma City. To make room for Outman on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers have designated pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alexacj01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Alexander<\/a> for assignment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103638\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-103638\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26138664_168400885_lowres-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26138664_168400885_lowres-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26138664_168400885_lowres-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26138664_168400885_lowres-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26138664_168400885_lowres-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/USATSI_26138664_168400885_lowres-2048x1407.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 9, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder James Outman drives in two runs in the third with a fielders choice against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Dodgers Place Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez on Injured List<\/h2>\n<p>It has been a struggle offensively for the Dodgers&#8217; super-utility man. The inflammation of his non-throwing shoulder may be a possible explanation. Hern\u00e1ndez, who is known for his October exploits, is hitting for a batting average of .195 and eight home runs. The career .240 hitter usually saves his best for October. However, it seems that he has struggled through most of the 2025 season. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/roberda07.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a> said that the elbow problem came as a result of an awkward slide in late May. It &#8220;came to a head on Saturday.&#8221; The hope is that a cortisone shot and rest will help it heal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Dodgers recalled OF James Outman, selected the contract of RHP Julian Fern\u00e1ndez, optioned LHP Justin Wrobleski and placed IF\/OF Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez on the injured list with left elbow inflammation. In order to make room for Fern\u00e1ndez on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers designated IF\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers\/status\/1942335357573316677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Another Opportunity for Outman<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/outmaja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Outman<\/a> has been tearing it up down on the farm. He was hitting .289 with 20 home runs and 74 runs batted in. Furthermore, he has clubbed these homers in back-to-back games several times this season. It will be interesting to see <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/06\/dodgers-teoscar-hernandez-james-outman\/\" target=\"_self\">if he can translate that success<\/a> to the major-league level, where he has yet to maintain sustained offensive production since he burst on the scene as a rookie. For what it&#8217;s worth, he has followed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/06\/27\/three-trends-to-monitor-as-dodgers-enter-second-half\/\" target=\"_self\">footsteps<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=muncyma01,muncyma02&amp;search=Max+Muncy&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Muncy<\/a> and Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez and wears glasses. However, he has yet to don them for a game. He is playing center field tonight.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Things to Watch<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> is dealing with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/02\/dodgers-tommy-edman-day-to-day-injured-ankle\/\" target=\"_self\">fractured toe<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-07_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> is banged up as well. They have struggled to stay healthy in 2025. However, both are available off the bench, if necessary. More than ever, it&#8217;s necessary for the Dodgers to get healthy. So far, it hasn&#8217;t happened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, the Los Angeles Dodgers are dealing with the injury bug. They made a flurry of roster moves ahead of the series opener at the Milwaukee Brewers. Chief among them, the Dodgers placed Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez on the injured list with elbow inflammation and recalled outfielder James Outman from Triple-A Oklahoma City. To make room [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":103637,"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":[28729,257,1083,6373,2240,1198,3899],"class_list":["post-103620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-cj-alexander","tag-dave-roberts","tag-enrique-hernandez","tag-james-outman","tag-max-muncy","tag-teoscar-hernandez","tag-tommy-edman"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103620","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=103620"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103639,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103620\/revisions\/103639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}