Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto tossed a two-inning simulated game Wednesday. He has been out with right triceps tightness since mid-July.
Dodgers third baseman Edwin Rios will have season-ending surgery next week for a partially torn labrum, the team announced Wednesday.
Dustin May's season-ending Tommy John surgery leaves a once-stacked Dodgers rotation down to four starting pitchers -- Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Trevor Bauer and Julio Urias.
The Dodgers have put right-hander Dustin May on the 10-day IL with an arm injury. May left Saturday's start after throwing just 27 pitches.
With Dustin May getting the call as Los Angeles' fifth starter to open the season, veteran David Price, the former Cy Young Award winner, will start the year with an undefined bullpen role for the Dodgers.
The Dodgers "erred on the side of caution" with ace Clayton Kershaw, who went on the 10-day injured list with a stiff back and missed his scheduled Opening Day start.
