Dodgers Pitcher Clears Out His Locker Between Games in Atlanta

The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing for Sunday’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers are looking to avoid the sweep to the Braves with the first pitch set at 4:10 pm PT.

While the Dodgers are focused on not getting swept, one of their top pitchers, right-handed ace Tyler Glasnow, no longer has a locker in Atlanta.

Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic shared via Twitter/X.

It’s unclear what this means moving forward, but it could mean that Glasnow is heading back home to Los Angeles.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced on Saturday that Glasnow has a sprained right elbow and is “highly unlikely” to pitch again this season. The news is a devastating blow to the team’s World Series expectations and raises serious concerns about its preseason rotation.

“It’s a big blow,” Roberts said. “Looking at what he meant for our ballclub, what he’s done for us, what we expected him to do — certainly there’s going to be a cost. But we gotta move on and we will. We have a lot of capable people. I feel bad for Tyler because he did everything to stay healthy and get back, and it just wasn’t going to happen.”

Glasnow was set to be a top pitcher in the Dodgers’ rotation in October, but he will most likely not pitch until the 2025 season. The 31-year-old has been out since Aug. 11 with what the team described as elbow tendinitis.

He had seemed to be close to a return before suffering another setback that essentially ended his season. The right-handed pitcher was warming up for a two-to-three-inning simulated game prior to the Dodgers series opener on Friday. It was expected to be the final step to a return, but instead, he had to be shut down because of elbow discomfort as he approached his 25th throw from the bullpen.

The Dodgers traded for Glasnow in Dec. 2023, giving up two promising young players in starter Ryan Pepiot and outfielder Jonny DeLuca. L.A. didn’t stop there as they signed Glasnow to a five-year, $136.6 million extension. The hope was for Glasnow to pitch in the biggest stage for L.A., but now that will have to wait, and it could massively hurt L.A.’s World Series chances.

The Dodgers will look for production from guys like Bobby Miller and Walker Buehler and hope for the return of Gavin Stone from the IL to step up big-time.