The Dodgers activated reliever Brusdar Graterol from the injured list a day earlier than expected on Tuesday night.
It wasn’t for the reason the team was hoping.
Shortly before first pitch of Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs, the team announced that key left-handed reliever Anthony Banda was on the injured list with a fractured left hand.
The cause of the injury?
“It was a moment of weakness and frustration,” manager Dave Roberts said, “where he decided to take on a solid object that ultimately won the battle.