Roki Sasaki's rookie year has not been going according to plan, and now the Los Angeles Dodgers are hitting the pause button.
The team announced Tuesday it is placing the Japanese phenom on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. Reliever J.P. Feyereisen was recalled in a corresponding move.
Unless his placement is retroactive, Sasaki will be eligible to return on May 28.
The move comes with Sasaki holding a 4.72 ERA, a 6.17 FIP, a 1.485 WHIP and a bunch of other unimpressive numbers. After sitting at 100 mph in the 2023 World Baseball Classic and in the high 90s in Japan last year, his fastball is averaging 96 mph so far this season per Baseball Savant.