Sixteen days after Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier received a pain-killing injection for a herniated disk, the discomfort in his lower back has yet to desist. Ethier has not been cleared to resume baseball activities, and manager Dave Roberts indicated the team had not formulated a timetable for his return.
Roberts received an update from Ethier on Tuesday. Ethier reported some soreness, which Roberts described as “normal,” after engaging in some running and plyometric exercises. Ethier would continue on a similar course in the coming days, in hopes of expanding his level of activity.
“As far as on the baseball front, I don’t know when that’s going to be,” Roberts said.