{"id":85925,"date":"2024-09-18T20:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=85925"},"modified":"2024-09-18T20:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:51:54","slug":"dodgers-gavin-stone-hoping-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/18\/dodgers-gavin-stone-hoping-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodger Starter Still Hoping to Return This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=stonega01,stone-001gav&amp;search=Gavin+Stone&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Stone<\/a> hopes to start throwing next week in hopes of a return before season&#8217;s end, per Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic. This is in contrast to manager <a 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=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a>&#8216; earlier statement a half hour before that Stone&#8217;s return &#8220;is unlikely&#8221; because the throwing program has been pushed back a week, due to shoulder soreness.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander has been on the 10-day injured list since September 6. The Dodgers are pessimistic about a return for Stone because of the limited number of games remaining on the calendar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gavin Stone said his season isn&#8217;t definitively over yet. Still hoping to pick up a ball sometime next week. The calendar remains a challenge. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrNxmTFTr8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OrNxmTFTr8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabianArdaya\/status\/1836521045899251915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers Pitcher Gavin Stone Hoping to Return This Season<\/h2>\n<h3>Transformational Season<\/h3>\n<p>Stone, who made spot starts and appearances out of the bullpen for the Dodgers in 2023, had an ERA of 9.00 that season. However, Stone solidified a spot in the starting rotation in spring training this year. The right-hander made 25 starts with a more than respectable ERA of 3.53 in 14o 1\/3 innings. Before getting injured, the hurler could be counted on to provide length and stability to a staff in flux.<\/p>\n<h3>Plagued by Injuries<\/h3>\n<p>Including Stone, every member of the Dodgers&#8217; Opening Day starting rotation has visited the IL. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/glasnty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Glasnow<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/13\/dodgers-tyler-glasnow-setback-simulated-game\/\" target=\"_self\">out for the season<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yamamyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/10\/dodgers-yoshinobu-yamamoto-return-60-day-il\/\" target=\"_self\">has returned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since his arrival at the trade deadline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/flaheja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Flaherty<\/a> has given the Dodgers a much-needed boost. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buehlwa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walker Buehler<\/a> may have found his stuff and his arm slot in time to help with a postseason run. \u00a0The Dodgers need depth, so any good news is welcome at this point.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Return of a Future Hall of Famer<\/h3>\n<p>Left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kershcl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Kershaw<\/a>, who has been on the IL with a bone spur in his big toe, threw off a mound today. Kershaw&#8217;s bullpen session included 83 pitches. His return date for this season is uncertain but remains a possibility. There is no question that if either Stone or Kershaw were to return this year, it would be a shot in the arm for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Gavin Stone hopes to start throwing next week in hopes of a return before season&#8217;s end, per Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic. This is in contrast to manager Dave Roberts&#8216; earlier statement a half hour before that Stone&#8217;s return &#8220;is unlikely&#8221; because the throwing program has been pushed back a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":85949,"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":[97,28620,2513,1245,6553],"class_list":["post-85925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-clayton-kershaw","tag-gavin-stone","tag-injured-list","tag-tyler-glasnow","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85925","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=85925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}