A 101.5 billion-won closer for the MLB Los Angeles Dodgers has been sidelined with an elbow issue.
The Dodgers placed right-handed closer Edwin Díaz on the injured list (IL) on the 21st (Korean time) due to loose bodies in his right elbow. As a corresponding measure, they called up left-handed pitcher Jake Eder.
Díaz gave up three runs without recording an out in the previous day's game against Colorado. This season he has a 1-0 record with four saves and a 10.50 earned run average in seven appearances.
Díaz, a 10-year major league veteran, has a career record of 29-36 with a 2.91 earned run average in 527 games. He has been selected to the All-Star team three times, has 257 saves in 300 save opportunities and 849 strikeouts. Last off-season the Dodgers invested $69 million over three years (about 101.5 billion won) to solve their late-inning issues, but he failed to live up to expectations, struggled and has now left the roster with an injury.
Manager Dave Roberts said after the Colorado game, "It was hard to evaluate today. I know how he is supposed to look, and when he's not like that it's worrying. I'll talk to him," expressing concern.
MLB.com noted, "Díaz's four-seam fastball averaged 97.2–99.1 mph over the past four seasons, but this season it has only averaged 95.7 mph. In particular, in the game at Coors Field his velocity dropped to as low as 92.8 mph."
Instead, the called-up Jake Eder is a left-hander the Dodgers acquired from the Washington Nationals for cash in a trade on the 1st.
Eder has appeared in three games this season at Triple-A Oklahoma City, recording 5 1/3 innings and two runs allowed.
In 2025 he appeared in eight games for the Los Angeles Angels, going 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA (18 1/3 innings).
He made his big league debut on Sept. 18, 2024, with the Chicago White Sox, tossing two innings and allowing one run.
A Vanderbilt University alumnus, Eder was selected by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the 2020 draft and, in 72 minor league games, compiled a 10-29 record with a 5.35 ERA, 312.2 innings and 356 strikeouts.
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