The Los Angeles Dodgers have picked up a trending issue in the lineup: catching. Will Smith has been out of action since June after discovering an inflamed disc in his neck. More recently, Dalton Rushing was sent to the injured list in early August after revealing that he has a partial tear of the UCL in his throwing elbow. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed after sending Rushing to the IL that the odds of Dalton Rushing catching again in 2026 are “very small,” with the hope that he is wrong. “I don’t have to go lay on a table and get my arm cut open,” Rushing said after the Dodgers’ win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.