Dodgers Have Placed Extraordinary Amount of Starting Pitchers on Injured List This Season [Video]

River Ryan shook his right hand in the middle of the fifth inning on Saturday and grimaced in pain. Manager Dave Roberts saw the facial expression and ran out to him with an athletic trainer.

After 4.2 innings of scoreless baseball, the rookie was lifted for what was termed right forearm tightness.

The Dodgers went on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 but the news regarding Ryan on Sunday morning was just another obstacle on the team’s path to the postseason.

A Sunday morning MRI confirmed that Ryan’s injury was significant enough to sideline him for at least the next two months, ending his season after just four starts and adding him to what seems like a forever-expanding injured list.

The Dodgers have …