The Los Angeles Dodgers positioned pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day injured record Thursday with a blister on the index finger of his proper throwing hand.

Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned the timetable for Syndergaard’s return is unknown regardless of the 15-day designation.

“The physical, the mental, the emotional part, as he’s talked about, has taken a toll on him,” Roberts mentioned. “So, the ability to get him away from this. He left today to go back to Los Angeles to kind of get back to normalcy.”

Syndergaard allowed six runs and 7 hits in three innings in opposition to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night time, elevating his ERA to 7.16.

Syndergaard (1-4) has surrendered no less than 5 runs in three straight begins.

Syndergaard has been attempting to return to the participant he was earlier than Tommy John surgical procedure sidelined him for the higher a part of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Roberts mentioned Syndergaard will want no less than “a few weeks” to each heal and get away from baseball and “reset.”

“I think searching and not being comfortable with where he was at in the moment is certainly evident in performance,” Roberts mentioned. “So hopefully this time away will present extra readability on who he's proper now as a pitcher.

“Trying to perform when you’re searching at this level is extremely difficult. I applaud him from not running from it, but it’s still very difficult. Hopefully it can be a tale of two stories, two halves when he does come back.”

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