Amid worries that Chad Billingsley will miss the remainder of the season after leaving his August 24 start with an elbow injury the Dodgers right-hander got a platelet-rich plasma injection yesterday.
For now the team is calling Billingsley’s injury merely “inflammation,” but Ken Gurnick of MLB.com notes that “the PRP injection is generally used for tears in tendons and ligaments.”
Don Mattingly indicated to Gurnick that Billingsley will attempt to start a throwing program after receiving the injection and if it doesn’t go smoothly he’ll likely be shut down for the year.
Billingsley has had a very strong season, starting 25 games with a 3.55 ERA and 128/45 K/BB ratio in 150 innings, posting his best ERA since 2008 and his best K/BB ratio ever.