The Dodgers had Michael Kopech back for all of eight appearances and seven innings before he went right back onto the IL. He initially went down with a right shoulder impingement during spring training, and after a long rehab period came back on June 8. Right knee inflammation sidelined him again by July 1, and he was transferred back to the 60-day IL on July 9 after undergoing a meniscus surgery.
More bad news for LA's bullpen has followed since then. Tanner Scott went onto the IL on Tuesday, and Ben Casparius is day-to-day after being taken out of Tuesday night's game (an MRI on his calf thankfully came back clean).