Mattingly coy about when Brian Wilson will be called up

Don Mattingly didn’t rule out the possibility of Brian Wilson joining the Dodgers on Friday, but the Dodgers manager refused to allow whether Wilson would make a fifth minor league appearance or not. The former San Francisco Giants closer pitched in multiple innings Tuesday night for the first time since returning from Tommy John surgery.

Wilson allowed a single in 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Albuquerque, but the Dodgers are mum on what the next step will be and who Wilson may replace on the roster when he is called up to the parent club.

“I didn’t say he wasn’t ready,” Mattingly said. “I don’t think we’re willing to talk about anything with Brian as far as what’s going to happen, what we’re going to do. We’ve talked about different scenarios, but they’re all fluid for me in the sense of when’s it going to be? What’s happened in the bullpen before then, after then?”