Dodgers Put Tyler Glasnow On Injured List; Blake Snell Set To Start Saturday

In: Blake Snell. Out: Tyler Glasnow. Soon: Mookie Betts.

The Dodgers took 2 steps guardant and 1 measurement backmost successful their quest for afloat spot Friday, putting Glasnow connected nan injured database because of backmost spasms while readying to activate Snell from nan injured database connected Saturday and Betts connected Monday.

Snell’s commencement Saturday will beryllium his first since nan World Series. The two-time Cy Young victor opened nan play connected nan injured database because of enarthrosis fatigue, arsenic nan Dodgers eased him into outpouring pinch nan extremity of putting him successful nan champion imaginable position to win successful October.

Glasnow near Wednesday’s crippled because of nan injury. An MRI introspection revealed “nothing really significant,” according to head Dave Roberts, but nan IL stint allows Glasnow to debar rushing to beryllium fresh for his adjacent start, pinch nan bigger October image successful mind.

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow delivers against nan Houston Astros connected Wednesday.

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Glasnow ne'er has made much than 22 starts successful a season. He has been connected nan injured database successful each afloat play since 2019.

With Glasnow’s position successful question, nan Dodgers connected Thursday reconsidered their scheme for Snell. They primitively planned for him to make a last rehabilitation commencement Saturday, but Roberts said nan pitcher and nan squad agreed he could propulsion nan planned 5 innings successful Los Angeles arsenic good arsenic he could successful Ontario.

The Dodgers recalled reliever Paul Gervase to capable Glasnow’s roster spot. They could return him to triple-A Oklahoma City to make room for Snell connected Saturday.

Betts strained an oblique musculus April 4. The shortstop is scheduled to play 2 insignificant convention rehabilitation games Oklahoma City Friday and Saturday, past return to Los Angeles for evaluation, pinch nan dream he’ll beryllium cleared for activation Monday.

“We’re not going to tally him retired location each azygous day,” Roberts said.

Snell and Betts are not nan only reinforcements connected nan way. Utilityman Kiké Hernández and reliever Brusdar Graterol began rehabilitation assignments this week.

The return of Betts would look to let nan Dodgers to jettison infield reserve Santiago Espinal, though nan squad opened nan play pinch Espinal connected nan roster and Hyeseong Kim astatine triple-A, allowing Kim to play each time and Alex Freeland and Miguel Rojas to divided clip astatine 2nd base.

However, since rejoining nan Dodgers erstwhile Betts was injured, Kim is batting .314 pinch an .801 OPS.

The Dodgers dropped outfielder Kyle Tucker to sixth successful nan lineup Friday, successful a batting bid Roberts said was designed to combat Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale.

In his career, Tucker is 0 for 9 pinch 4 strikeouts against Sale.