Tyler Glasnow lasted only one inning into Sunday’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 because of discomfort in his throwing shoulder, and extra updates are more likely to come from supervisor Dave Roberts and potential Glasnow himself throughout postgame interviews.
This might be an ominous state of affairs for any pitcher, but it’s significantly troublesome in Glasnow’s case given his lengthy damage historical past. Glasnow hasn’t been sidelined with a selected shoulder-related problem since method again in his 2016 rookie season, but the righty has missed massive chunks of his profession because 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 Aug. 11 and subsequently missed out on the Dodgers’ whole playoff run.
Glasnow’s elbow sprain minimize 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 fee, and 6.7% stroll fee. Glasnow had a 3.71 ERA in 4 begins and 17 innings previous to Sunday’s abbreviated outing, with a a lot greater stroll fee 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 really the second straight begin that Glasnow has made an early exit, as leg cramps pressured him out in the course of the fifth inning of his final outing on April 20.
Even when simply as a precautionary measure, it could appear to be Glasnow might be headed to the 15-day injured record, creating yet one more wrinkle within the revolving door that’s the Dodgers’ rotation. Roberts introduced simply earlier Sunday that Tony Gonsolin was anticipated to be activated from the 15-day IL to begin Wednesday’s recreation, 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 because of shoulder irritation.
Los Angeles has been coping with a seemingly endless record of pitching accidents in recent times, although the workforce’s sheer quantity of accessible arms (and its star-studded lineup) has continued to maintain the Dodgers on the profitable monitor. They’ll must dip into that depth once more if Glasnow is out of motion, although it is going to nonetheless be a few weeks till Clayton Kershaw is eligible to be activated from the 60-day IL. Kershaw is ready for 2 Triple-A rehab begins this coming week as the longer term Corridor of Famer is hopefully within the last ramp-up levels in the direction of his 2025 debut.
