As we heard this morning, Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez was held out of the lineup for the second straight game due to irritation in the AC joint in his right shoulder. According to Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said this afternoon that Ramirez actually got a cortisone shot in his shoulder on Wednesday night and wasn’t even available to pinch-hit today.
Ramirez is expected to sit out again tomorrow at the very least, but the hope is that he’ll be able to avoid a stint on the disabled list.
As opposed to last season, Ramirez has remained mostly healthy so far this season, appearing in 63 of the Dodgers’ 68 games. While he hasn’t been nearly as productive with the bat as he was last year, he’s still hitting .255 with 10 home runs and an .800 OPS. The 30-year-old is currently in his walk year.