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The Dodgers placed Dalton Rushing on the 10-day injured list Monday with right elbow inflammation, per DodgerBlue.com. Chuckie Robinson has been called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to take Rushing’s roster spot. The IL stint comes just one day after Rushing was scratched from the lineup with what the team initially described as minor arm irritation — clearly, it was more than minor.

Rushing has been one of the organization’s most closely watched young players. The former first-round pick out of Louisville arrived in the majors with serious expectations as a switch-hitting catcher with legitimate offensive upside. Elbow inflammation for a catcher is always a concern worth monitoring carefully. The fact that this escalated from a scratch to a formal IL placement within 24 hours suggests the Dodgers aren’t taking any chances, especially with how thin things have gotten behind the plate already this season with Will Smith still weeks away from returning.

Robinson gets another crack at big league time. He’s been up and down between OKC and Los Angeles and profiles more as organizational depth than an everyday option, but right now the Dodgers need warm bodies who can catch. With Smith still out at least three to four more weeks, Robinson and recently acquired Ben Rortvedt and Cal Feduccia form a patchwork catching group that nobody would have predicted at the start of the year.

This is getting a little ridiculous behind the plate. We came into the season with one of the best catchers in baseball in Smith, a highly touted prospect in Rushing, and now both are on the IL simultaneously. The recent flurry of catcher acquisitions — Rortvedt from the Mets, Feduccia from the Rays — makes a lot more sense in this context. The front office clearly saw this coming or at least prepared for the possibility. I don’t think there’s long-term panic here with Rushing, but right elbow inflammation isn’t something you wave off for a young catcher. We need to see how he responds to rest and treatment before drawing any conclusions about his timeline.

Source(s): Staff (DodgerBlue.com) | First reported: August 4, 2026 12:33 AM UTC

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