Dodgers place pitcher Bobby Miller on injured list
The Dodgers rotation took a potentially significant hit during a rain delay Saturday night when the team announced that young right-hander Bobby Miller was being placed on the injured list because of shoulder inflammation. One person familiar with Miller’s condition but not authorized to discuss it publicly said the injury is “not severe,” and that there is currently no need for surgery or any kind of operation. Miller has been shut down from throwing, but once he resumes, the Dodgers are expecting him to build back up at a normal pace. Miller, 25, has made three starts this season, going 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA, striking out 18 and walking six in 11 ⅔ innings, including a dominant regular-season debut in which he allowed two hits over six scoreless innings, struck out 11 and walked one in a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on March 29. But Miller wasn’t as sharp in his next two starts, giving up five earned runs and four hits, striking out three and walking two in 1 ⅔ innings of a 9-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs on