Dodgers Gain Clarity On Timelines For Kyle Tucker And Dalton Rushing

MINNEAPOLIS — Dodgers head Dave Roberts is readying for correct fielder Kyle Tucker to beryllium retired for nan remainder of nan bid against nan Minnesota Twins, aft he near Monday’s crippled pinch debased backmost spasms.

Roberts hopes to constitute Tucker into nan lineup Friday, erstwhile nan Dodgers unfastened a three-game bid successful San Diego, aft 3 days off, positive astir of nan crippled Monday.

“Hopefully he [can take] advantage of this, evidently to get right, but besides benignant of a intelligence reset,” Roberts said. “Hopefully nan 4 days will suffice.”

Tucker, who said he felt a small amended Tuesday but still sore, particularly erstwhile rotating, is “pretty confident” that he’ll beryllium capable to debar nan injured list. And if he tin return swings connected Wednesday, he’ll astir apt beryllium connected way for that Friday return.

“But if he doesn’t, past we’ll person astir apt a tougher determination connected Friday,” Roberts said.

Tucker, who has a .707 on-base-plus-slugging-percentage this season, has had a slow violative commencement to his Dodgers’ tenure. He wasn’t fresh to make immoderate declarations astir nan imaginable benefits of clip disconnected to reset.

“Maybe,” he said. “We’ll spot aft I get back. We’ll spot really that goes.”

The news connected catcher Dalton Rushing, who exited Monday’s crippled to norm retired a concussion, was much straightforward.

Rushing hadn’t yet gone done nan 2nd information of concussion testing needed to clear him to play erstwhile Roberts addressed nan media Tuesday afternoon. But Rushing had told Roberts he was fresh to play.

“That doesn’t transportation excessively overmuch weight until I perceive from nan aesculapian staff,” Roberts said. “But it is bully to cognize that he said he’s bully to go. My dream is that he’ll beryllium disposable disconnected nan chair successful immoderate capacity.”

It was unclear erstwhile precisely nan Dodgers would beryllium playing, arsenic a downpour hammered nan tarped section early Tuesday evening. The forecast showed a rainy nighttime ahead.