The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Mookie Betts on the 10-day injured list with right hip inflammation and activated Edwin Uceta prior to Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Betts’ IL stint is retroactive to Aug. 8, which makes Aug. 18 the earliest he can return.
Betts is on the IL because of his ongoing right hip pain for a second time in less than three weeks. It wasn’t revealed until after the All-Star break that Betts had been playing through the nagging injury, along with left shoulder and lower back trouble, this season.
The Dodgers went a stretch of days without Betts in the lineup before ultimately placing him on the IL on July 25.