The Los Angeles Dodgers lost Tyler Glasnow to the 15-day injured list due to right elbow tendinitis. It’s the second time this season Glasnow has gone on the IL with the first being due to a minor back issue.
The Dodgers have had trouble keeping their pitchers healthy this season, but that has also been a somewhat common theme across MLB. Without Glasnow, the team opted to recall Justin Wrobleski to make the start on Friday and Bobby Miller will get the ball on Saturday.
Those were Glasnow’s original scheduled start days after he was pushed back a day from Friday.
The Dodgers did not announce the roster move until just minutes before first pitch at Busch Stadium because they were waiting for the results of Glasnow’s testing to come back.
After receiving the results, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Glasnow wanted to pitch through the elbow tendinitis and the team is hopeful he’ll only miss the minimum amount of time, via Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic:
Glasnow has been the ace of the Dodgers rotation this season, posting a 3.49 ERA, 2.63 xERA and 2.91 FIP with a 0.95 WHIP in 134 innings, which set his career-high by 14 after throwing 120 last year. In addition, Glasnow has struck out 32.2% of hitters he faced this season while walking just 6.7%.
The Dodgers are already without Yoshinobu Yamamoto at the top of their rotation and recently lost River Ryan for the season due to Tommy John surgery.
As it currently stands, the Dodgers rotation contains Jack Flaherty, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler and Gavin Stone. Buehler and Miller have both struggled mightily this season, while Stone has been in a bit of a tough stretch, which has further added to the Dodgers’ pitching issues.
If Glasnow misses more time than the Dodgers hope, they could find themselves in dangerous territory.
Dodgers options without Tyler Glasnow
Along with Wrobleski and Miller, the Dodgers have few options that could be candidates to fill in for Glasnow. One of them is Landon Knack, but he is not eligible to return for 15 days after he was last optioned on Aug. 14, unless he replaces an injured player.
Outside of those three, the Dodgers don’t have much in the way of depth on their 40-man roster, and any other moves would require more roster shuffling.
