Dodgers Activate Right-Handed Pitcher Corey Knebel, Joe Kelly Placed On Injured List
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-handed pitcher Corey Knebel Tuesday and placed right-handed pitcher Joe Kelly on the injured list.
Knebel, 30, has been out of action since being placed on the injured list on April 24 with a right lat strain.
He made six rehab appearances for Triple-A Oklahoma City, going 0-0 with a 1.59 ERA (1 ER/5.2 IP) and 11 strikeouts.
Prior to the injury, he appeared eight games with the Dodgers, going 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA (3 ER/6.0 IP) and nine strikeouts.
He is in his seventh season in the Major Leagues and he is a 7-11 record with 59 saves and a 3.34 ERA (90 ER/242.1 IP) and 345 strikeouts in 247 games.
Knebel was acquired from the Brewers in exchange for minor league left-handed pitcher Leo Crawford on December 2, 2020.
Kelly, 33, is 2-0 with a 3.34 ERA (11 ER/29.2 IP) and 35 strikeouts this season.
In two seasons with the Dodgers, he is a combined 7-4 with a 3.86 ERA (39 ER/91.0 IP) and 106 strikeouts.
He is entering his 10th season in the Major Leagues and is a combined 50-29 with a 3.87 ERA (308 ER/716.1 IP) and 604 strikeouts.
The Corona native was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of UC Riverside.
