Dodgers recall Yhency Brazoban

He takes the roster spot vacated when Loaiza went on the DL a few days ago. Brazoban will pitch in middle relief. The Dodgers don't need a fifth starter until a week from tomorrow, but it's hard to imagine they're going to bring up Kershaw for that. He was just moved to the bullpen at J-ville for a very simple reason: club officials don't want him throwing more than 170 innings this season, no matter where he is, because they don't want to risk injury to his arm at this stage of development. If he is called up, which I believe he will be at some point later this season, that adds at least one more month onto his season (the minor-league season ends on Labor Day). So by putting him in the bullpen now and using him in one-inning increments, that buys the organization time so they don't have to be so careful with him later in the year. For that reason, I can't see them bringing him up next week. But for now, that's just speculation on my part.