Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow Weighs In On Injury Status For Remainder of Season

After playing catch on Saturday, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow said his elbow feels better and he’s confident he will make starts in September, according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.

Glasnow didn’t offer a specific timetable for his return, but he provided some reassurance that his stint on the injured list would end before the regular season wraps up.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave a less than convincing response when reporters asked him if he was certain Glasnow would return to the Los Angeles rotation before the end of the season.

“We’re hopeful,” Roberts said. “I think hopeful. I think that there’s still a lot of variables, to be certain. But I think everyone in the organization is hopeful.”

It’s imperative that Glasnow makes a return in September in order to prepare for the playoffs and get back his to best form.

Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list on Aug. 16 due to elbow tendonitis. The move seemed like a precaution the Dodgers were taking for their ace.

The 30-year-old has a 3.49 ERA and a 9-6 record. Glasnow has thrown a career-high strikeouts with 168 through 134 innings. The right-hander hasn’t pitched this many innings since 2017.

Along with Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto also remains on the injured list. His progress as of late points to a return within the next couple of weeks.

Yamamoto is dealing with a strained rotator cuff. Wednesday, he retired six of the seven batters he faced for Oklahoma City in his rehab assignment. The Dodgers plan for the right-hander to make another rehab start in the coming week.

The Dodgers also announced Saturday they were placing veteran left-hander Clayton Kershaw on the injured list. As of Saturday, three of the Dodgers’ five starting pitchers are on the injured list.

It’s a worst-case scenario for a club that is playing the division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks in a four-game series this weekend.

Andrew Friedman banked on Glasnow to be the star of the Dodgers’ rotation. Of course, nobody could predict the myriad injuries the pitching staff would endure, but millions have been invested in Glasnow and Yamamoto to spearhead the defensive efforts of Los Angeles in the postseason.

If the Dodgers end up in the same spot as last year or the year before, when the club commanded the regular season only to lose when it mattered most, what was the point?

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