Will Klein was placed on the Dodgers’ 15-day injured list on August 1 due to what was initially described as right elbow discomfort. However, The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya reports that an MRI revealed that Klein is dealing with bone chips in his throwing elbow, and it hasn’t yet been decided if surgery could be required.
If this injury has arisen a year ago, Klein’s options would’ve been limited to a season-ending surgery or trying to pitch through the discomfort. Now, a potential middle ground exists in the form of the “NanoNeedle” procedure for removing loose bodies from around the elbow, if such a procedure is a fit for Klein’s particular situation. In an absolute best-case scenario, Klein could conceivably undergo get a NanoNeedle procedure and make it back in roughly six weeks’ time, matching the recovery timeline Tarik Skubal required after undergoing the same surgery earlier this season.
Klein made his MLB debut with 7 1/3 innings of 11.05 ERA ball for the Royals and Athletics in 2024, and then was dealt to the Mariners before he was traded again to Los Angeles in June 2025. In the umpteenth example of the Dodgers helping a pitcher unlock some potential, Klein delivered a 2.35 ERA over 15 1/3 frames for his new club during the 2025 regular season, and five scoreless innings during the World Series. Klein’s postseason workload included the final four innings of the Dodgers’ 6-5 win in the 18-inning marathon that was Game 3 of the World Series, as Klein earned the win for blanking the Blue Jays long enough for L.A. to finally triumph.
This year, Klein posted a 3.67 ERA, 25.9% strikeout rate, and 11.1% walk rate over 41 2/3 innings. Klein had a 2.27 ERA over his first 35 2/3 frames, but his elbow problems likely led to his recent struggles — a 12.00 ERA in the five games and six innings pitched prior to his IL placement.
If the NanoNeedle is a possibility for Klein, he can seek out plenty of first-hand advice from teammates Skubal and Blake Snell, as Snell also got the NanoNeedle to remove loose bodies from his elbow in mid-May. In an example of how the procedure’s timeline is very fluid depending on the pitcher, Snell is only now nearing a return, as Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told MLB.com’s Sonja Chen and other reporters that Snell will be activated from the 60-day IL.
Injuries have long been a subplot of Snell’s 11-year career, so Snell might’ve possibly been back sooner if the Dodgers hadn’t been content to ease the veteran back into action. Snell began the season on the IL due to shoulder fatigue, and he made just one start before returning to the injured list due to the loose bodies in his elbow.
Snell has logged only 64 1/3 regular-season innings since signing a five-year, $182MM free agent contract with Los Angeles in December 2024, as he missed most of last season due to shoulder inflammation. After being activated from the 60-day IL last August, Snell had a 2.41 ERA in 52 1/3 innings down the stretch and then a 3.18 ERA in 34 postseason innings. Since the Dodgers’ focus is solely on a World Series threepeat, the team’s hope is that Snell can deliver similar numbers after another extended layoff.
The newly-acquired Kris Bubic is also aiming to be part of a championship run, though it’ll still be a while before he makes his Dodgers debut since the southpaw is still on the 60-day IL. Bubic shared some details about his injury-marred season with Ardaya, specifying that the left elbow soreness cited as the cause of his IL placement in mid-May was actually a left flexor strain. He then developed a shoulder impingement during his ramp-up process that delayed his recovery, but Bubic has now thrown one bullpen session already and is set for another today.
A minor league rehab assignment will surely be needed after this long absence, but Bubic’s build-up could be shortened since the Dodgers are planning to use the left-hander as a reliever rather than a starter. Bubic has been a starter for most of his career, but excelled in a bullpen role as recently as 2024, when the Royals were easing him back in the aftermath of a Tommy John surgery. Bubic posted a 2.67 ERA, 32.2% strikeout rate, and 4.1% walk rate over 30 1/3 relief innings for Kansas City in 2024.
In other Dodgers injury news, outfield prospect Kendall George announced on his Instagram that his season is over following a knee surgery. Jack Harris of the California Post writes that the surgery is relatively minor, and George is expected to be fully healthy for Spring Training.
Selected 36th overall in the 2023 draft, George turned heads by stealing 100 bases (out of 124 attempts) in high-A ball last season, and he has hit .329/.419/.396 with zero homers over 278 combined plate appearances in A-ball and Double-A ball this year, swiping 36 bags in 42 attempts. George initially hurt his left knee in May during an incident that gained some social media notoriety, as George was heading back to the dugout after scoring a run but then had to quickly jump to avoid the team’s bat dog, who was rushing towards home plate to retrieve the loose bat.
The Dodgers also outrighted Chuckie Robinson to Triple-A after the catcher cleared waivers, as per Robinson’s MLB.com profile page. This is the second time in as many months that Robinson has been designated for assignment and then outrighted off the 40-man roster. Robinson chose to accept his previous outright assignment rather than opt for free agency, and he could again choose to stay in the organization given how injuries to Will Smith and Dalton Rushing have thrown the Dodgers’ catching situation into uncertainty.
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