The Los Angeles Dodgers had plenty of injuries to deal with in 2025, leading to shortages in their bullpen and rotation towards the beginning of the season.
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River Ryan and Gavin Stone missed all of 2025 after they both underwent surgery, and while they couldn’t help the Dodgers during their injury crisis last year, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes revealed they’d be ready for spring training.
“We expect them to have a pretty normal year, whatever a normal year is coming off surgery,” Gomes said.
Ryan made his MLB debut for the Dodgers in 2024, though he only made four starts before landing on the injured list for the remainder of the season. Through those four starts, however, Ryan kept a 1.33 ERA through 20.1 innings, allowing just three earned runs.
Stone got started earlier than Ryan, making his debut in 2023, but didn’t quite get things going until the following season. The right-hander made eight appearances, including four starts, in 2023, allowing 31 runs in 31 innings for an even 9.00 ERA.
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The 2024 season went much better for Stone, starting 25 games and keeping a 3.53 ERA throughout the season. He threw his first complete game shutout against the Chicago White Sox on June 26 of that season. He also landed on the injured list late that season, missing the Dodgers’ World Series run.
The Dodgers have a pretty set rotation heading into 2026, with Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Emmet Sheehan, but they could use help in the bullpen in the upcoming season. Integrating Stone or Ryan into a long relief role could be beneficial to the Dodgers, who struggled through the final couple of months of the season due to their bullpen’s inconsistency.
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Stone deserves more thought and consideration. He had a great year going before he got hurt, If he can return to that form he should be considered as a candidate for the rotation, maybe even ahead of Sheehan. If he can’t have a prominent role, then the Dodgers should use him as a trade candidate so he can continue his career as a starter for a team that needs him. Just sayin’
Ryan might make a heck of a closer…
Trade bait!