Dodgers pitcher suffers hamstring injury after missing months with bad shoulder.
Brusdar Graterol made his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night after missing the first four and a half months of the season rehabbing a shoulder injury. His outing was brief and heartbreaking.
On his eighth pitch Graterol heard a pop. According to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, Graterol suffered a grade 3 hamstring strain. The recovery will take months, which means his season is over after it barely began. Graterol had to be helped off the field by third baseman Enrique Hernandez and a trainer. He could barely pick his head up and was clearly emotional with announcer Joe Davis noting he was leaving the field in tears.Brusdar Graterol worked hard all year to make his way back only to have to leave today’s game just 8 pitches in.You can't help but feel horrible for Graterol who was one of the Dodgers's best relievers the last couple seasons. Last year he appeared in 68 games with a 0.
Graterol suffered a shoulder injury in spring training and was close to a return when he re-aggravated the injury right before the season began.Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Stephen spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and has previously written for Uproxx and The Sporting News.
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