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Dodgers Notes: Jarrin, Grove, Jackson, Taylor

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The Dodgers paid tribute to broadcasting legend Jaime Jarrin previous to yesterday’s recreation, feting the longtime Spanish-language voice of the workforce in his closing season on the mic.  Jarrin started calling Dodgers video games on the radio in 1959 (the workforce’s second season in Los Angeles) and has been a fixture ever since, saying final 12 months that he can be retiring on the finish of the 2022 season.

It would mark the top of an period for L.A. followers, who had the distinctive good thing about listening to each Jarrin and Vin Scully name video games from 1959 till Scully’s retirement in 2016.  The 86-year-old Jarrin has additionally had an unbelievable profession past baseball, protecting information for KWKW radio and calling different main sporting occasions like world championship boxing and the 1984 Summer season Olympics in Los Angeles.  We at MLB Commerce Rumors want Jarrin all the very best in retirement, although he nonetheless has some very massive video games left to name through the Dodgers’ upcoming postseason run.

Extra from Chavez Ravine…

  • Proper-hander Michael Grove was positioned on the 15-day injured record as a result of a left knee contusion, because the Dodgers recalled righty Andre Jackson from Triple-A within the corresponding transfer.  Grove suffered within the contusion within the closing batter confronted in his begin yesterday, as C.J. Cron hit Grove with a line drive comebacker.  The harm doesn’t seem terribly critical, although the IL placement permits L.A. to get a recent arm on the roster for the ultimate few video games of the season, and Grove was doubtless a borderline selection at finest to make the postseason roster.  In his rookie 12 months, Grove has a 4.60 ERA over 29 1/3 innings and 7 appearances (six begins), serving to the Dodgers by making just a few spot begins within the place of injured or resting pitchers.
  • Chris Taylor was a scratch from Saturday’s lineup and likewise wasn’t in as we speak’s lineup, because the super-utilityman is coping with a sore neck.  Supervisor Dave Roberts informed reporters (together with The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya) that Taylor’s neck is “not nice” in the meanwhile, and Taylor is taken into account day-to-day.  It has been a troublesome 12 months for Taylor, who missed a month of time as a result of a fracture in his left foot, and is hitting solely .221/.304/.373 over 454 plate appearances.  His 92 wRC+ is a giant step again from the 116 wRC+ Taylor posted from 2017-21, and most of his struggles have come within the 44 video games since his return from the injured record.  Because the Dodgers have a first-round bye, they’ve the posh of ready till October 11 to make any choices on Taylor or every other gamers coping with harm.



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