Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow's Status Growing More Ominous

As if the LA Dodgers' rotation could use any more bad news this season, we now get word from manager Dave Roberts that ace Tyler Glasnow's injury is more serious than originally thought.

Although it was first expected not to keep him out very long, now Roberts is suggesting that the team is only "hopeful" that Glasnow will even be able to return this season.

Dave Roberts reiterated today Tyler Glasnow will play catch tomorrow, then again this Sat/Sun if he feels good

Roberts was then asked if he can be certain Glasnow will return before end of season:

“We’re hopeful," he said. "I think hopeful. I think that there’s still a lot of…
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“We’re hopeful," Roberts said. "I think hopeful. I think that there’s still a lot of variables, to be certain. But I think everyone in the organization is hopeful.”

That's a far cry from when Glasnow first went down with right elbow tendinitis two weeks ago. "Our expectation is that it’s going to be the two weeks, we backdated it a few days, and then when his time is up, he’ll be ready to make his start and we’ll plug him in,” said Roberts at that time.

He's certainly singing a different tune now.

Glasnow, an All-Star, has a 3.49 ERA in his first season with the Dodgers, along with a league-leading 0.95 WHIP, and a tremendous 168:35 strikeout-to-walk ratio, for 11.3 K/9.

The 6'8" hurler was signed to a 5-year, $136.5 million extension upon his arrival in LA last offseason in a trade from the Tampa Bay Lightning, despite his history of frequent injuries and massive amounts of time missed.

Glasnow had never started more than 21 games or pitched more than 120 innings in a season — until this year. Now, at 22 starts and 134 IP, the team can only be "hopeful" that he's able to pitch again in 2024.

The Dodgers are also without their $325 million man, Yoshinobu Yamamoto from the starting rotation, whose return is still uncertain (though he has started a minor league rehab assignment).