Tyler Glasnow lasted only one inning into at the moment’s begin towards the Pirates, because the Dodgers right-hander left the mound whereas taking his warm-up pitchers earlier than the start of the second body. The Dodgers formally introduced that Glasnow left the sport as a result of discomfort in his throwing shoulder, and extra updates are prone to come from supervisor Dave Roberts and attainable Glasnow himself throughout postgame interviews.
This might be an ominous state of affairs for any pitcher, but it’s notably troublesome in Glasnow’s case given his lengthy harm historical past. Glasnow hasn’t been sidelined with a particular shoulder-related problem since method again in his 2016 rookie season, but the righty has missed massive chunks of his profession as a result of a Tommy John surgical procedure, a extreme indirect pressure, a forearm pressure, and two elbows strains. The newest of these elbow strains got here simply final season, as Glasnow didn’t pitch after August 11 and subsequently missed out on the Dodgers’ whole playoff run.
Glasnow’s elbow sprain reduce brief what, paradoxically, had been the healthiest season of his whole profession. He tossed a career-best 134 innings in 2024, whereas posting a 3.49 ERA, 32.2% strikeout charge, and 6.7% stroll charge. Glasnow had a 3.71 ERA in 4 begins and 17 innings previous to at the moment’s abbreviated outing, with a a lot greater stroll charge and a fastball that was over a mile per hour slower than his 2024 velocity (although that drop isn’t essentially an enormous concern this early in a season). That is truly the second straight begin that Glasnow has made an early exit, as leg cramps pressured him out throughout the fifth inning of his final outing on April 20.
Even when simply as a precautionary measure, it will appear to be Glasnow might be headed to the 15-day injured checklist, creating one more wrinkle within the revolving door that’s the Dodgers’ rotation. Roberts introduced simply earlier at the moment that Tony Gonsolin was anticipated to be activated from the 15-day IL to start out Wednesday’s sport, marking Gonsolin’s long-awaited return to motion after he underwent Tommy John surgical procedure late within the 2023 season. Gonsolin was already changing Blake Snell, who went on the shelf as a result of shoulder irritation.
Los Angeles has been coping with a seemingly never-ending checklist of pitching accidents lately, although the staff’s sheer quantity of accessible arms (and its star-studded lineup) has continued to maintain the Dodgers on the successful monitor. They’ll must dip into that depth once more if Glasnow is out of motion, although it would nonetheless be a few weeks till Clayton Kershaw is eligible to be activated from the 60-day IL. Kershaw is about for 2 Triple-A rehab begins this coming week as the longer term Corridor-of-Famer is hopefully within the ultimate ramp-up levels in direction of his 2025 debut.
