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Dodgers lose Tarik Skubal for ‘a couple days,’ call up Emmet Sheehan

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Harris, J. (2026, September 20). Dodgers lose Tarik Skubal for ‘a couple days,’ call up Emmet Sheehan. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/20/sports/tarik-skubal-dodgers-bereavement-list-emmet-sheehan-called-up/

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Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal will miss "a couple days" due to personal reasons, as announced by manager Dave Roberts. In his absence, the team has called up Emmet Sheehan from triple-A to bolster their pitching rotation for the series finale against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Despite Saturday’s subpar performance where Skubal gave up four runs in five innings, he still boasts a 4-2 record and a 2.95 ERA since joining the Dodgers via trade in August.

Written by AI on 2026-09-21, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Sunday, Tarik Skubal, who was acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers via trade in August and is a contender for their Game 1 starter in the playoffs, went on the bereavement list after suffering his worst start against the San Francisco Giants. The move will keep him away from the team for "a couple days." In response to Skubal's absence, the Dodgers called up Emmet Sheehan and Kyle Hurt from Triple-A Oklahoma City while also sending Seth Halvorsen back down. Sheehan was scheduled to handle the bulk of the series finale against the Giants as part of a bullpen game. Despite facing strong competition in the playoffs, Sheehan pitched well, not allowing any runs over 5⅓ innings and striking out nine batters with one hit conceded and only one walk, contributing to the Dodgers' 3-1 win and securing their three-game sweep against the Giants.

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🔮 What Friedman didn’t do, however, was say that the Dodgers would be all-in on Skubal this winter, or that they would do whatever it takes to lock him up in a free agency process that is expected to end with the soon-to-be 30-year-old breaking Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s record guarantee of $325 million for a pitcher.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Why Dodgers remain coy on potential Tarik Skubal re-signing: ‘Wish him nothing but the best’

🔮 After the team was eliminated from the National League Championship Series last week, Ohtani said he was not sure if he would need any offseason procedures.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Shohei Ohtani will not need offseason surgery, expected to be healthy for start of next year

🔮 When a new CBA is struck, and what changes to the league’s financial structure it could possibly entail, is still anyone’s guess.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · 5 burning questions that will shape Dodgers offseason –– from Skubal sweepstakes to potential extensions, trades

🔮 This season, the group couldn’t replicate that success, enduring adversity during an injury-plagued regular season and then failure against a relentless Brewers offense in the team’s National League Championship Series elimination.

2026-10-18 · assertive framing · Dodgers 2026 report card: Tarik Skubal trade not enough to save banged-up pitching staff

🔮 “Yes, definitely,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton on Thursday night, when asked if he intended to return to pitching in 2027.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Shohei Ohtani offers blunt response to pitching question, with surgery overtones

🔮 Rojas will remain in the Dodgers’ organization moving forward, having agreed to transition into player development after 2026 when he re-signed as a free agent with the club this winter.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Dodgers hero Miguel Rojas announces retirement as he plans to stay with team in new role

🔮 Instead, despite a 100-win regular season and league-record $432 million payroll, the two-time defending champions were eliminated in the National League Championship Series by the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, ending their bid for history and sending them into an uncertain offseason –– one that could include an extended lockout, notable changes to the roster, and existential questions about how to retool around their aging veteran core.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Four fatal flaws that doomed the Dodgers’ bid for a historic three-peat

🔮 Just a fourth-straight loss and an embarrassing elimination that will send the Dodgers into a long, regretful winter full of future uncertainty.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Dodgers collapse in Game 4 loss to Brewers, watch three-peat end with NLCS sweep

🔮 After striking out in his first at-bat Thursday night, Ohtani delivered the kind of moment the Dodgers had been waiting for all October, unloading on a down-and-in cutter from ex-Dodger Dustin May to give the Dodgers an early 4-0 lead in their elimination game.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Shohei Ohtani electrifies Dodgers with mammoth home run in NLCS Game 4

🔮 Whenever the offseason arrives, notable changes could be coming to the Dodgers’ clubhouse. Freeman and Muncy won’t be going anywhere, nor will other core veterans such as Mookie Betts, Will Smith or Shohei Ohtani. But Miguel Rojas is likely to retire.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Dynasty Dodgers trying to keep last ride together going: ‘We have a lot left in the tank.’

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Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal is going on the bereavement list, manager Dave Roberts announced on Sunday. asserted

Roberts → go → Sunday

The move came a day after Skubal suffered his worst start with the Dodgers, giving up four runs in five innings in Saturday’s 10-4 win over the San Francisco Giants. asserted

Skubal → come → Giants

In his absence, Emmet Sheehan was called up from triple-A, returning in hopes of building off back-to-back strong starts earlier this month. asserted

Sheehan → call → starts

He will follow opener Jack Dreyer on Sunday as the bulk pitcher for the Dodgers’ series finale with the Giants. asserted

He → follow → Giants

Roberts said Skubal would be away from the Dodgers for “a couple days.” asserted

Skubal → say → days

Skubal is a contender to be the Dodgers’ Game 1 starter in the playoffs, after being acquired in a blockbuster deal at the trade deadline in August. asserted

Skubal → acquire → August

Even after Saturday’s setback, in which he allowed eight hits and bemoaned his lack of fastball command, the left-hander is 4-2 with a 2.95 ERA in nine starts with the Dodgers this season. asserted

hander → allow → Dodgers

The two-time Cy Young Award winner will anchor a postseason rotation also expected to include Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell (assuming he continues to recover from his recent groin injury). asserted

he → anchor → injury

The Dodgers also freshened up their bullpen on Sunday, swapping out right-handers was calling up Kyle Hurt and optioning Seth Halvorsen. asserted

Dodgers → freshen → Halvorsen

The team enters Sunday with the chance to not only sweep the Giants, but further lower their current magic number of four to secure a first-round bye in the playoffs. asserted

team → enter → playoffs

They enter play on Sunday four games ahead of the Atlanta Braves for the No. 2 seed in the National League. asserted

They → enter → League

Dodgers lose Tarik Skubal for ‘a couple days,’ call up Emmet Sheehan

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