The Dodgers have been breathtakingly wrong about the status of their injured players a few times this season, but their most recent saga with Will Smith might be the worst instance yet.
On Sept. 3, Smith took a foul ball off of the hand and was taken out in the top of the third. Further imaging didn't reveal any breakage, so the Dodgers didn't put him on the IL, but they called up trade deadline acquisition Ben Rortvedt as insurance.
Smith made a start on Sept. 9 against the Rockies, but Dave Roberts admitted a few days later that playing had exacerbated the issue.