Maeda will not make his scheduled start Saturday and will move to the bullpen, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.
Contrary to prior reports, the Dodgers will cast Maeda off of the rotation to allow Alex Wood (shoulder) and Hyun-Jin Ryu to be in the rotation moving forward. Wood and Ryu will start Saturday's and Sunday's contest, respectively, though Maeda is expected to take over for either Rich Hill on Friday or Wood on Saturday. This doesn't seem to be a permanent move, but manager Dave Roberts seems to be intent on keeping the top performers in the rotation at a given time, meaning Maeda seems to be locked in as a bullpen piece until another rotation member falters or gets injured.