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Dodgers turn to familiar backstop Band-Aids to address suddenly dire catching situation
Ben Rortvedt, who was placed on waivers by the Dodgers twice in the offseason, was behind the plate as Tarik Skubal made his first start for Los Angeles. Michael Reaves / Getty Images
CHICAGO — At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the three newest Los Angeles Dodgers players huddled into a makeshift former closet in the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field for the daily game-planning meeting. The day after baseball’s trade deadline brought a new dynamic that the reigning back-to-back World Series champions will have to work out, and Tuesday marked their first test.
So Tarik Skubal entered the room, as did Ben Rortvedt and Hunter Feduccia. Skubal, the prize of the deadline, is the two-time Cy Young-winning headliner of one of the most talented rotations in recent memory. Rortvedt and Feduccia are the catching tandem the Dodgers changed virtually overnight because of injuries to Will Smith and Dalton Rushing and are entrusted with shepherding that staff.
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CHICAGO — Even with starting backstop Will Smith out for two months and counting with an inflamed disc in his neck, the Dodgers did not feel that they had a pressing need to add a catcher ahead of Monday's 3 p.m. PT Trade Deadline — until around 24 hours beforehand.
When Dalton Rushing, who had taken over as the starter in Smith's absence, was scratched from Sunday's lineup due to what was initially described as minor irritation in his right arm — and later placed on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation ahead of Monday's series opener against the Cubs — that changed the calculus.
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Marc Topkin is a sports reporter covering the Tampa Bay Rays. Reach him at mtopkin@tampabay.com.
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