The Dodgers moved Tyler Glasnow to the 60-day injured list on Wednesday, all but officially ruling him out for the rest of the season. The lanky right-hander spoke with reporters (including Jack Harris and Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times) and essentially confirmed he won’t be back in the playoffs. Glasnow called it “extremely frustrating” to be dealing with an elbow sprain, though he indicated he’s confident he will not require any kind of surgical repair.
Glasnow tossed 134 innings across 22 starts in his first season with the Dodgers. He established new career marks in both categories, though the season-ending elbow injury isn’t going to quiet concerns about his durability. Glasnow remained effective as ever before the injury, turning in a 3.49 ERA with a 32.2% strikeout rate.
A few more Senior Circuit injury notes as noncompetitive teams shut some players down:
- Shoulder inflammation sent Jordan Hicks to the injured list, ending his season. The Giants recalled Austin Warren to take his spot in the bullpen. Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle writes that Hicks will go for an MRI tomorrow. The first season of his four-year, $44MM free agent deal was a mixed bag. Hicks moved to the rotation for the first extended stretch of his career. The sinkerballer pitched well early, carrying a 2.70 ERA in 12 appearances through the end of May. He seemed to wear down quickly thereafter, allowing a 6.37 ERA over his next eight starts. The Giants moved him back to the bullpen at the end of July, but he continued to struggle in relief. Hicks allowed nearly five earned runs per nine with six strikeouts and walks apiece over 11 frames out of the ’pen.
- The Cubs placed left-hander Jordan Wicks on the injured list with a right oblique strain. Trey Wingenter is up from Triple-A Iowa in a corresponding move. Wicks had returned from a stint on the 60-day IL at the start of September. That was also on account of a right oblique strain, while the southpaw also missed time with an early-season forearm problem. It’s a frustrating second season for the former first-round pick. Wicks struggled when healthy enough to take the mound, allowing a 5.48 ERA across 46 innings in 11 appearances (10 starts).
- Rockies closer Tyler Kinley landed on the shelf with elbow inflammation. Colorado recalled Jake Bird to take the open bullpen spot. It’s his second elbow-related IL stint in as many months. Kinley missed the second half of 2022 and most of last season after undergoing elbow surgery. He was healthy for most of this year but hasn’t found anything close to the success he enjoyed before the surgery two years ago. Kinley allowed a 6.19 ERA over 64 innings. He fanned a quarter of batters faced but walked more than 11% of opponents while struggling with the home run ball.
Hicks did ok out of the rotation for a while but everyone expected what happened
Never should have moved him from the closer role. He finally found himself and just as importantly remained healthy. Its hard to throw over 100 and get consistent quality starts you break down
He was very rarely throwing 100, maybe once or twice a game, while he was starting. He was usually between 92-96. The early results were great, guess we’ll see next year
But he wanted to sign with a team that would let him start. Maybe now he will rethink that decision
I know I’ve said this before, but would you rather have a pitcher throw 2.00 ERA ball in 20 starts and no playoffs or 4.00 ERA in a full season including the postseason
“Including the postseason”..Put me down for $50 on the 4.00 ERA. 32+ starts is more valuable than 20 starts, despite the big difference in E.R.A
Your question is kind of stupid though. You could remove the pitcher situations because the issue of greater importance is playoffs or no playoffs.
You are taking two players and making it seem like that’s what makes or breaks qualifying for the playoffs.
This question needs more context. The Dodgers are 14-8 in 22 Glasnow starts. The White Sox are 9-21 in Crochet’s 30 starts. In a vacuum, I would take Glasnow.
I don’t even think that is a fair comparison because a good team’s pitcher will always outdo a bad team’s pitcher. I think a fairer comparison would be to compare Glasnow’s starts with the rest of the Dodgers game and Crochet’s to the rest of the ChiSox games. The Dodgers win at a .636 clip on Glasnow’s starts compared to their ,591 winning percentage without him. With Crochet you have a winning percentage of .300 in his starts versus a .220 winning clip in games he does not start.
Both pitchers obviously make their teams better when they are pitching, but it’s hard to deny that Crochet makes his team better than Glasnow. Even if the ceiling for getting better is much higher, that is a big difference for Chicago.
I don’t know if crochet is a good example for a lot of reasons (worst team in modern history, innings limit, roller coaster season, etc)
I didn’t make it clear but my point was (with 2 playoff teams) that if you say had 20 starts of glasnow vs about 36 starts of say 2023 sandy alcantara or above 4.00 eduardo Rodriguez
Come to think of it the postseason is all that matters for powerhouse teams like the Phillies
Then I retract the “stupid question” comment. It read (to me) that the team wouldn’t make the playoffs, but you meant the starter would make the 20 starts then get hurt later in the year and miss the remaining.
I’d say it still depends on the rest of the rotation and bullpen. Does the dominance of this starter allow the bullpen some rest? But I’d lean towards the guaranteed starter in the playoffs (your question assumes the 4.00 era guy is the top 3 for my team if they are a playoff starter). But that scenario has a lot of assumptions. What about hurt early then later 20 starts including playoff starts? Id take that.
Did I get muted again gollee
In today’s metrics with how short starts are now, the difference between a 2 era and a 4 era is negligible.
For example:
a 2 era is 1 run every 4-5 innings
a 4 era is 2 runs every 4-5 innings
Give me the guy that can go out there every time the bell rings.
Good point!
“Moved Tyler Glasnow to the 60 day injured list”….If Tampa calls about one of your pitchers you might want to hurry up and lose their phone number.
Yeah he’s going to have tj, see you in ’26.
The rare Hicks/Wicks double-Jordan update!
Meanwhile, Ryan Pepiot has thrown 121 innings (and counting). He’s 8-6 w/ 3.64 era and averaging more than a K per inning.
FOR LESS THAN 1 MILLION $$