Ryan Pepiot is officially back in the Dodgers rotation about five months later than expected.
Pepiot, who earned the spot of the No. 5 starter in the Dodgers rotation in spring training, hurt his oblique in his final outing, and has been out ever since.
Pepiot’s injury lingered for much longer than expected, and his return timeline kept getting pushed back.
Finally, in the second half of this season, Pepiot was able to go out on a rehab assignment, where his most recent start was about as good as he could have asked for.