When the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Tyler Glasnow in December, he was always a high-risk, high-reward talent. The gamble the Dodgers took on Glasnow on Saturday, in addition to the $136.5 million they spent on the right-hander, turned out to be a waste. According to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the 31-year-old pitcher experienced an elbow injury as shown by the most recent MRI results. The announcement effectively proved that Glasnow would not be returning to the mound this season.
It’s a major setback,” Roberts said to The Los Angeles Times’ Jack Harris. There will undoubtedly be a penalty, given what he meant for our ball club, what he accomplished for us, and what we anticipated he would achieve. “I’m sorry for Tyler,” Roberts continued. He exerted every effort to maintain his health and return. It was simply not going to take place. The only option left to the Dodgers is to select a different pitcher to lead the team’s postseason pitching attempts. Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jack Flaherty are currently the best pitchers in the rotation.
After seven starts, Flaherty has a 5-1 record and a 2.61 ERA. Yamamoto returned from the injured list and has only made one start. A shoulder ailment kept the $325 million offseason acquisition out of action for over three months. Even though Yamamoto is back in the Dodgers lineup, he will still require several starts before he is ready for the postseason. Although Flaherty and Yamamoto have two reliable spots in the Dodgers’ rotation, who else will the team need to rely on come October? Gavin Stone’s recovery from a shoulder injury is running out of time. With his toe issue, Clayton Kershaw is not a good prospect.
Walker Buehler and Bobby Miller are still with the Dodgers, but neither player appears ready for the postseason. Following a season-worst five-run, two-inning start on Friday, rookie Landon Knack just joined the duo. To put it plainly, Los Angeles is out of options. For the Dodgers, the postseason is an uphill battle, and it wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that the team is doomed from the outset. Roberts is nevertheless upbeat about his group.
“I remain optimistic,” Roberts declared. “There’s no one way to win a championship, in my opinion. You can see, in my opinion, how the staffs of the teams lately joined together and who stood up for the staffs of each team. We’ll use the guys we have, and I have faith in the person we send out there.
