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\"Dodgers<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Reinforcements for the Dodgers\u2019 depleted bullpen are getting closer.<\/p>\n

Tanner Scott threw to hitters in a simulated game setting on Friday and Kirby Yates did the same on Saturday afternoon. The two veteran relievers will both head to Triple-A Oklahoma City and start rehab assignments with the Comets on Tuesday. Right-hander Michael Kopech (on the 60-day injured list and ineligible to return until Aug. 27) has already started a rehab assignment with OKC and pitched on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health feels pretty good,\u201d said Yates, who went on the IL almost three weeks ago with an unspecified lower body issue. \u201cThere\u2019s a baseball aspect to this, too. I don\u2019t think I was doing that great before I went on the IL. So there are some things I\u2019ve got to get back to doing, feels, all of that stuff on the mound. I have a little bit of time to do that now, and I love where it\u2019s going. I think overall we\u2019re in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yates threw a simulated inning to hitters Buddy Kennedy and Hyeseong Kim (who could start his own rehab assignment soon).<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was good,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. \u201cI thought the fastball was good. It\u2019s been good. The split \u2013 that\u2019s kind of been the thing that he\u2019s been mindful of. I think he probably threw nine of them, something like that, and I thought five or six of them he caught really good. The other ones weren\u2019t bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yates\u2019 splitter is the pitch that elevated him to elite reliever status midway through his major-league career. But he has struggled with it this year, making it difficult to finish off hitters and making him particularly vulnerable to left-handed hitters (a .947 OPS against him this season). Yates spent time on the IL with a hamstring injury earlier this season and his lower-body issues might have affected his mechanics, leading to a lack of effectiveness with his splitter. The downtime has given him a chance to work on that, along with his health.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for right now I like the way the lower half is firing,\u201d the 38-year-old Yates said. \u201cI think we\u2019re back to being able to use the lower half and be explosive and not try to manipulate the baseball too much. I feel like I\u2019m strong. I feel like I\u2019m in a much better spot than I was three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if one thing led to another. I don\u2019t know if the health led to mechanical stuff. I don\u2019t know how that all kind of unfolded. But it\u2019s in the past. There\u2019s nothing you can do about it. You just kind of move forward. Get healthier. Get better. Standing here, I do like where I\u2019m at. I feel we\u2019re on to some good things, starting to repeat it, starting to get some results that I haven\u2019t felt in a while. I\u2019m encouraged by that.\u201d<\/p>\n

STEWART STATUS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Right-hander Brock Stewart has a long history of physical issues, including Tommy John surgery in 2021 and arthroscopic shoulder surgery last year. The fact that he spoke up about the \u201ctendinitis-y\u201d discomfort he was having after just four appearances with the Dodgers is a sign of maturity, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every athlete deals with that, especially being on a new team. These guys traded for me, so they expected me to help out. Yeah, it sucks,\u201d Stewart said of being sidelined. \u201cBut the old Brock probably would have not said anything for however long, a couple weeks, and that would have made it worse, and I would have been worse off in the end \u2013 even going into the offseason and potentially next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I\u2019ve grown up a lot in the past couple years, so I definitely wanted to get out ahead of this, and hopefully we\u2019ve done that. \u2026 Old Brock would have been in denial still: \u2018No, I\u2019m good, I\u2019m good. Let\u2019s just see how it feels today.\u2019 And that would be an everyday thing. But no, I\u2019m definitely glad I said something. Hopefully get it taken care of now, and be able to help through September into the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart said his MRI showed \u201ca little fluid in the bursa in my shoulder, just a little inflammation in the (rotator) cuff\u201d but no structural damage.<\/p>\n

He received a cortisone injection on Tuesday and a platelet-rich plasma injection on Wednesday. He won\u2019t start a throwing program for at least a week after that.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, nothing I haven\u2019t been through before, unfortunately,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cTimelines are great and everything, plans are great and everything, but I still like to take it one day at a time. \u2026 Just take everything one day at a time and try to put my best foot forward and attack the rehab. The only thing on my mind is getting back and helping the team, so I\u2019m gonna do my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

ALSO<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Roki Sasaki has rejoined the Dodgers in Los Angeles this weekend, but Roberts said Sasaki will make another rehab start in the minors at some point next week. Sasaki threw 41 pitches in two-plus innings with OKC on Thursday.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Padres (RHP Yu Darvish, 2-3, 5.61 ERA) at Dodgers (RHP Tyler Glasnow, 1-1, 3.08 ERA), Sunday, 1:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, MLB Network (out of market only), 570 AM<\/p>\n

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