Dodgers' Dave Roberts Opens Up About Losing Tyler Glasnow For Season
09/14/2024 07:18 PM
Tyler Glasnow was always a high-risk, high-reward player when the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired him in December. On Saturday, the risk the Dodgers took on Glasnow, not to mention the $136.5 million invested in the right-hander, proved to be in vain.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the latest MRI scans revealed the 31-year-old pitcher had an elbow sprain. The news essentially confirmed Glasnow wouldn’t be making a return to the mound this season.
"It's a big blow," Roberts told Jack Harris of The Los Angeles Times. "Looking at what he meant for our ball club, what he's done for us, what we expected him to do, certainly there's going to be a cost."
"I feel bad for Tyler," Roberts added. "He did everything to stay healthy and get back. It just wasn't going to happen."
The Dodgers have no choice but to find another pitcher to spearhead the postseason efforts on the mound. The strongest pitchers in the rotation are currently Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Flaherty has a 5-1 record with a 2.61 ERA in seven starts. Yamamoto has made just one start since his return from the injured list. The $325 million offseason acquisition missed nearly three months due to a shoulder injury.
Although he is back on the mound for the Dodgers, Yamamoto will still need multiple starts to get playoff-ready.
Flaherty and Yamamoto make up two solid slots in the Dodgers’ rotation, but who else will the club depend on in October?
Time is running out for Gavin Stone to make a comeback from a shoulder injury. Clayton Kershaw is a long shot with his toe injury.
The Dodgers still have Walker Buehler and Bobby Miller, neither of which looks postseason-ready. Rookie Landon Knack recently joined the pair after a season-worst five-run, two-inning start Friday.
Los Angeles is quite frankly running out of options. It’s an uphill battle for the Dodgers and it wouldn’t be a stretch to say the club is doomed from the start of the playoffs.
Nevertheless, Roberts remains optimistic about his team.
"I'm still confident," Roberts said. "I don't think there's one way to win a championship. I think you can look back at the teams recently and how their staffs came together and who stepped up for each team's staff. So we're going to have the guys we have, and I feel confident in whoever we run out there."
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