Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Brock Stewart is being placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, manager Dave Roberts told reporters Tuesday. Roberts said he believes that the team caught this situation early.

A beleaguered Dodgers bullpen got even more thin Tuesday, when Brock Stewart landed on the injured list with what manager Dave Roberts described as "a little bit of shoulder inflammation."

Acquired in one of the few moves the team made at the trade deadline last month, he will undergo further examination on Wednesday. It’s another blow to an injury-plagued bullpen that has