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- Updated: September 18, 2016
PHOENIX — With the Dodgers essentially in tryout mode for a fourth starting pitcher if and when they reach the postseason, there was more bad news Sunday from Scott Kazmir.
Kazmir’s scheduled Minor League rehab start was wiped out when Triple-A Oklahoma City was eliminated Saturday night. Kazmir instead threw a simulated game Sunday morning and developed a finger blister. He hasn’t started since Aug. 22 because of thoracic neck inflammation.
“I don’t know how significant it is,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, adding that Kazmir will meet the team in Los Angeles on Monday.
Unless they bring back Clayton Kershaw and/or Rich Hill on short rest in the postseason, the Dodgers need a fourth …
