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Dodgers Reliever Kirby Yates Likely Headed to IL, According to Manager Dave Roberts

Stop if you’ve heard this before — but the Dodgers appear to have another injury to their beleaguered pitching staff.

Veteran right-handed reliever Kirby Yates had to leave the game Saturday evening in the 11-9 loss versus the Los Angeles Angels due to injury. It was later revealed that the 38-year-old injured his hamstring.

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In the postgame media scrum, manager Dave Roberts intimated what many feared — that Yates likely will be headed to the injured list with what doctors are calling a Grade 1 hamstring.