Because it is a pre-existing issue, Friedman said the team couldn't replace Phillips if the problem persisted and they didn't want to put him in harm's way.
Dodgers add Vesia, Graterol and Rojas to World Series roster; Cortes returns to Yankees
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“It was important to Shohei that this wasn't the one move we were going to make,” Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman said at Ohtani's introductory news conference last week.
Prized pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto agrees with Dodgers on $325 million deal
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