The Dodgers placed Tyler Glasnow on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Reliever Noah Davis is up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to take his spot on the active roster.
Glasnow left yesterday’s start after one inning upon experiencing shoulder discomfort. It was the second consecutive early exit for the 6’8″ right-hander, who had departed his previous start with cramping in his calf. Shoulder soreness is a more concerning development, though manager Dave Roberts somewhat downplayed the issue when speaking with reporters before tonight’s game against Miami. Roberts indicated Glasnow was battling through “overall body soreness” but stated they didn’t believe there was anything structurally wrong with his shoulder (via Jack Harris of The Los Angeles Times).
While the inflammation diagnosis aligns with that, it leaves an uncertain timeline for Glasnow’s return. It’s the third IL stint of his year-plus tenure in Los Angeles. He missed a bit of time around the All-Star Break last season with a mild back concern. An August elbow sprain ended his season and prevented him from contributing during the playoff run. Glasnow’s 134 innings nevertheless represented the heaviest workload of his major league career, as durability has long been his biggest question.
Glasnow’s command has been wobbly in the early going. He has walked 11 hitters and given up four home runs through his first 18 innings. That has led to a mediocre 4.50 earned run average even though he’s striking out 30% of opponents. He was excellent last season before the injury, working to a 3.49 ERA with a 32.2% strikeout rate.
The Dodgers now have eight starting pitchers on the injured list. They’ll get one back when Tony Gonsolin makes his season debut on Wednesday. Gonsolin is the only short-term reinforcement. All the other injured starters aside from Glasnow and Blake Snell are on the 60-day IL and won’t be back until late May at the earliest. Snell remains shut down from throwing with shoulder soreness of his own.
Los Angeles is off Thursday but will play on 10 straight days from May 2-11. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dustin May, Roki Sasaki and Gonsolin will be part of the regular rotation. For the final turn, they could opt for spot starts or bullpen games from the group of Landon Knack, Justin Wrobleski and Bobby Miller. One other option would be to build Ben Casparius back into a starting role, which Roberts said this evening is on the table (via Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic).
Casparius has worked from the bullpen during his big league career. His lone “start” went 2 2/3 innings to kick off a bullpen game. He built up to 3 2/3 frames during yesterday’s outing after the Glasnow injury. Casparius started 19 of 21 appearances in Triple-A last season, so he’s familiar with the role. He has worked to a 2.91 ERA while striking out 27.1% of opponents over 11 games in his first extended big league action.
He needs another “S’ after the first one in his last name.
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Fortunately, Glasnow’s hair was uninjured and will remain on the 26 man active roster for the time being.
I know, he needs to go on the IL just for that atrocious weed patch on his head.
Most fragile and overrated player in the league
Peaks at 135 innings a season
Fragile yes, overrated not so much.
Career WAR of 8.9 and ERA close to 4. He’s very overrated.
RIP. I love you forever Tyler.
Death, taxes, and Tyler Glasnow going on the IL
Glasnow hurt his elbow because the evil MLB took away his spider tack
Glasnow hurt his shoulder because the evil MLB took away his spider tack
Glasnow stubbed his toe because the evil MLB took away his spider tack
Glasnow hurt butt because the evil MLB took away his spider tack
Mr Excuses once again is on the IL
I’m confused. Are you trying to say he hurt his butt or that he’s butt hurt?
Don’t you mean he’s been placed on the glasnow list?
When does the injury insurance payment kick in? I wonder what those premiums are? I think any actuary would say he’s a bad risk.
I can’t believe any insurance company even offers policies on baseball players. Durable players still get hurt every two or three years, and then plenty of players get hurt every year. The premiums would be so much that it wasn’t even worth it.
I’ve bled Blue since my parents brought me to Dodger games since 1990. I think that I even have a hat that one one else has – the hat celebrates their 100 year anniversary as a team dating back to their start in Brooklyn (I believe as the Bridegrooms) in 1890. All that said, Glasnow is an overrated bust. His career BWar is 9.1, while Skenes in basically a little over a yeas is 6.0. Total fail by the best front office in the game. And maybe Snell is next.
The Dodgers are a strange team. They have a ton of pitchers on the IL; Mookie is still learning SS; CF is unsettled and Muncy is out to a slow start. Yet they’ll still be in the WS again and probably win it.
Yeah they’re downright bizarre. Moving a Hall of Fame outfielder to shortstop in his 30s. Still playing over-the-hill Rojas, Taylor, and Muncy, because of their previous contributions. Thinking Kike Hernandez can hit.
The totally bizarre World Champions.
Muncy isn’t off to a slow start he’s just done with zero value to the team.
avenger65: I wouldn’t be so sure.
It must be that time of the month for Glasnow.
They’ll turn to a stretched out Casparius if the threesome of Wrobleski, Knack and Miller continue to turn in subpar performances and they get tired of losing those games. If they want to go with six man rotation and not go bullpen games, they’ll need 2 more SPs between these four, and possibly a fifth if they bring up Sauer. That assumes of course that the remaining 4 SPs stay healthy. Not a given given their recent histories.
I would love to see Casparius get a shot at sticking in the rotation. He’s earned the opportunity.
They call me Mr. Glass.
WHEN he’s healthy, he’s formidable. Unfortunately you can’t count on him being healthy for any significant stretch of time.
I would be shocked if he can make it to the end of season without having to go under the knife again.
A harsh but spot on assessment of Snell.
The kids…they called him Mr. Glass.
It’s OK, they have more pitchers. Almost like they planned for this.