{"id":123757,"date":"2026-06-12T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=123757"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:25:24","slug":"dodgers-reliever-on-the-comeback-trail-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/06\/12\/dodgers-reliever-on-the-comeback-trail-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Relief Pitcher Embarks on Renewed Comeback Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have been hit<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/06\/10\/dodgers-all-star-catcher-seems-headed-to-the-il\/\" target=\"_self\"> with a slew of injuries<\/a> lately, and they need some good news. Here&#8217;s a start. Right-handed high-leverage reliever <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stewabr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Stewart<\/a> is set to begin a rehab assignment tonight at Single-A Ontario, according to Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic. If all goes well, Stewart could rejoin the Dodgers before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Los Angeles Dodgers have assigned RHP Brock Stewart to the Ontario Tower Buzzers for rehab assignment for Friday\u2019s matchup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ontario Tower Buzzers (@towerbuzzers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/towerbuzzers\/status\/2065538141662912586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>A Bumpy Tenure<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBEOfyn3fW\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3000px; aspect-ratio: 3000\/2100;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p>Stewart <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/31\/dodgers-acquire-reliever-brock-stewart-twins\/\" target=\"_self\">came to the Dodgers from the Minnesota Twins at the Trade Deadline last year<\/a>. In exchange, Los Angeles sent <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/outmaja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Outman<\/a> to the Twin Cities. The Dodgers were in desperate need of a high-leverage right-handed reliever. Apart from an initial scoreless appearance, the former Dodger wasn&#8217;t it. Stewart&#8217;s lack of effectiveness was due to an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/04\/brock-stewarts-return-dodgers-bullpen\/\" target=\"_self\">ailing shoulder.<\/a> His season ended early as he underwent surgery to repair it. He opened 2025 on the injured list until his rehab was complete.<\/p>\n<h2>Trouble Staying Healthy<\/h2>\n<p>Stewart returned at the beginning of May. He lasted two appearances. In those outings. He struck out three and didn&#8217;t allow a run. However, he has been sidelined since <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/09\/dodgers-reliever-brock-stewart-on-injured-list-again\/\" target=\"_self\">with a bone spur in his heel.<\/a> The right-hander began his career as a starter for the Dodgers. His mixed results eventually led him to become a reliever. Stewart found his stride.<\/p>\n<p>Limiting the length of his outings added miles per hour to his fastball. Add a devastating sweeper, and a reliever was born. The transition has resulted in an ERA below three and a prominent role in the later innings. Effectiveness doesn&#8217;t seem as big of a problem for Stewart these days. The question has always been, can he stay healthy?<\/p>\n<p>Stewart&#8217;s return can&#8217;t come soon enough, as the Dodgers&#8217; bullpen has not been as reliable in June as they have been in April and May. In the most recent series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, they have blown a couple of late-inning leads.<\/p>\n<h2>In Other News&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBlDxwgtUh\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3120px; aspect-ratio: 3120\/2080;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> is not in the lineup tonight against the Chicago White Sox. Ohtani was removed from the game last night after suffering knee inflammation. Manager <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=roberda07,roberda05,roberda06,roberda03&amp;search=Dave+Roberts&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a> insists that &#8220;it&#8217;s not an I.L. situation.&#8221; Let&#8217;s hope he is right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Image Credit:<\/strong> <span>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have been hit with a slew of injuries lately, and they need some good news. Here&#8217;s a start. Right-handed high-leverage reliever Brock Stewart is set to begin a rehab assignment tonight at Single-A Ontario, according to Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic. If all goes well, Stewart could rejoin the Dodgers before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":123764,"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":[2,33,1071,35],"tags":[28440,6373,92,2178],"class_list":["post-123757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-brock-stewart","tag-james-outman","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-shohei-ohtani"],"modified_by":"Matthew Nethercott, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123757","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=123757"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123765,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123757\/revisions\/123765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}