Weary after 16 innings of baseball on Tuesday night, the Dodgers accelerated Pedro Baez’s return from the disabled list and flew him to meet the team at Citizens Bank Park. The team had initially planned to activate Baez on Thursday in Atlanta, but after using eight pitchers, and Enrique Hernandez, on Tuesday, the organization felt compelled to bring Baez back a day sooner.
Rosscup missed a significant chunk of time at the start of the year with a blister on his finger. It is unclear if the current inflammation was related to the previous injury, which occurred while Rosscup was in the Rockies organization.