Filed beneath extra unneeded drama, it seems the Dodgers and pitcher Caleb Ferguson are usually not seeing eye to eye on the hurler’s standing. In a current LA Occasions article, Ferguson expressed frustration with the staff over how he’s been dealt with this season.
“I went by means of an extended rehab course of than what I assumed — and not likely by selection, however that was what the staff thought was finest for me. I did it. I shut my mouth and did it. And I really feel like we’re type of going again on with that.”
First, the left-hander — who underwent Tommy John surgical procedure for the second time in his profession late in 2020 — was constructed again up slowly throughout spring coaching of this yr after lacking all of 2021. Because the staff headed out to open the common season in Colorado, Ferguson stayed again in Arizona to proceed his ramp up. After he was prepared, in his personal eyes at the least, the staff optioned him to Triple-A to proceed working.
Save for an emergency stint again on the energetic roster in Could, Ferguson spent a lot of the first two months of the season at AAA. In June, a wholesome Ferguson was known as again as much as LA and spent almost two weeks lastly working his approach again into the combo within the bullpen.
Then he complained of forearm soreness and the Dodgers acted swiftly in placing him on the injured list as soon as once more.
In accordance with Jack Harris of the Occasions, Caleb “wasn’t too thrilled” about the decision. From there, the pitcher vented his frustrations.
“There’s simply been loads of miscommunication during the last two and a half months. Yeah, I’m simply type of bored with the miscommunication of it.”
“There was loads of issues in rehab that type of obtained modified round and jerked round,” Ferguson added. “I don’t know. There’s lots of people concerned in it. Everyone has their very own voice to talk on it. I don’t know. It’s type of a tough query with out making an attempt to be [a jerk] and name a bunch of individuals out.”
Whereas the staff’s reasoning for putting Ferguson on IL feels justified at first look, supervisor Dave Roberts additionally let on that the league enacting a pitcher restrict on the energetic roster additionally factored into the choice making, based on the Occasions.
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Put all of it collectively and it looks like the 26-year-old is at his wit’s finish together with his dealing with by and communication with the staff.
“I’ve had some conversations. Some conversations I really feel like I get my level throughout, and different conversations I really feel prefer it goes in a single ear and out the opposite. There’s a pair folks that I really feel are in my nook that actually imply it, and there’s a pair folks which can be enterprise folks. That’s type of it.”
Altogether, Ferguson has appeared in solely 6 video games on the huge league stage in 2022, tossing 5 scoreless innings alongside the way in which. He’s allowed 6 earned runs over 10 AAA appearances this yr. He pitched to Mookie Betts and Zach McKinstry at Dodger Stadium on Saturday and by all accounts, he seems to be able to go. However will the Dodgers see it that approach?
