ATLANTA — Tyler Glasnow has a sprained proper elbow and is “extremely unlikely” to pitch once more this season, Los Angeles Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts introduced Saturday, a devastating blow for a high-priced crew with World Sequence expectations however critical issues about its postseason rotation.
Glasnow, 31, had been out since Aug. 11 with what the crew described as elbow tendinitis. He appeared to be near a return earlier than struggling one other setback that primarily ended his season. The proper-hander was warming up for a two- to three-inning simulated recreation from Truist Park early Friday afternoon, anticipated to be his final step earlier than rejoining the Dodgers’ rotation, however needed to shut it down due to elbow discomfort as he approached his twenty fifth throw from the bullpen.
The Dodgers at this level can solely be assured in newcomer Jack Flaherty beginning their first postseason recreation. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who missed practically three months with a shoulder harm however had an encouraging return final week, looks like a strong wager to observe him. Past that, although, the Dodgers’ rotation outlook is exceedingly unsure.
“It is a large blow,” Roberts stated of Glasnow’s harm. ” what he meant for our ballclub, what he is carried out for us, what we anticipated him to do — definitely there’s going to be a value. However we gotta transfer on and we’ll. Now we have quite a lot of succesful folks. I really feel dangerous for Tyler as a result of he did all the pieces to remain wholesome and get again, and it simply wasn’t going to occur.”
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The Dodgers acquired Glasnow from the Tampa Bay Rays over the offseason, giving up two promising younger gamers in starter Ryan Pepiot and outfielder Jonny DeLuca and subsequently signing Glasnow to a five-year, $136.6 million extension.
Glasnow then posted a 3.49 ERA in his first 134 innings, hanging out 168 batters and issuing 35 walks — oftentimes wanting like a bona fide ace. However his arm held up for little greater than 4 months.
Roberts stated Glasnow shall be shut down from throwing for an undetermined period of time. The priority is that he may need suffered additional injury to his ulnar collateral ligament, which he repaired through Tommy John surgical procedure in August of 2021. Roberts stated Glasnow’s UCL is unbroken, although the analysis of a sprained elbow usually means the ligament has sustained no less than some injury.
It is solely the newest harm improvement for a crew that’s working by way of too a lot of them.
Clayton Kershaw, preventing by way of a bone spur in his left large toe, has been throwing off a makeshift mound however there nonetheless is not a definitive timetable for his return. Gavin Stone, in the meantime, is coping with shoulder irritation and has but to restart his throwing program. The opposite two major choices for the rotation, Walker Buehler and Bobby Miller, have struggled.
Roberts nonetheless tried to strike a constructive tone.
“It is manageable,” he stated of the pitching accidents. “We’re doing it. I feel the primary factor is that we’ve got to simply proceed to remain centered on the gamers which are accessible to us and profitable a baseball recreation that evening. To the blokes’ credit score, that is what they’ve carried out, and we have put ourselves in a great place given all that we have gone by way of this 12 months. We have nonetheless bought a reasonably good ballclub.”
