Dodgers’ Will Smith Still Not Ready to Return From Neck Injury

Dodgers’ Will Smith still not ready to return from neck injury

LOS ANGELES — The neck injury that landed Will Smith on the injured list is not clearing up.

Dodgers delay Smith's return from neck injury

Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who was due to return Friday, will not be activated this weekend and might not travel with the team on its road trip that begins Monday.

Dodgers getting more aggressive with treatment for Will Smith's neck injury

The Los Angeles Dodgers initially expected Will Smith to miss just one game upon getting scratched from the lineup on June 6 because of neck stiffness, but he now is two weeks into an absence. There also was initial optimism Smith would avoid going on the 10-day injured list, which changed June 11. Smith’s IL stint was backdated to June 8, thus making Friday the first day he was eligible to return. It was suggested the 31-year-old would return o…