While we try to digest the extent of Dalton Rushing’s right leg injury, wonder when Tyler Glasnow might start next after getting scratched Friday, and measuring yet another home run allowed by Tanner Scott, here are some other Dodgers news and notes heading into Saturday morning.
Shohei Ohtani’s home run on Monday was not only his 100th hit with the Dodgers, but was also measured over 120 mph off the bat, the hardest-hit home run of his career. Davy Andrews at FanGraphs wrote about that herculean
feat.
More on Mookie Betts’ mindset on how he navigated through the worst season of his career at the plate, from Manny Randhawa at MLB.com. Betts is hitting .324/.395/.476 in his last 27 games, which as Mike Petriello of MLB.com pointed out recently has coincided with switching his swing to a more line-drive approach, with some success.
“It’s been a lot better, a lot more normal,” Betts said, in Randhawa’s article. “Even then, it’s not like I’m going off, but at least I feel like I’m giving myself a chance every single day.”
Baseball America picked a bounce-back prospect for 2026 for each MLB team for 2026, with Roki Sasaki the selection for the Dodgers. Baseball America still counts Sasaki as a prospect because he hasn’t yet pitched 50 innings, though he did exhaust rookie status by being active for at least 45 days this season.
“It could take time—the Dodgers control Sasaki’s contract for five more seasons,” Matt Eddy wrote at BA. ”But there just has to be more in his right arm than he has shown this season.”
Sasaki has just been so-so in his four rehab starts for Triple-A Oklahoma City, with a 7.07 ERA in 14 innings, with eight strikeouts and eight walks. It’s unlikely he sees time in the majors again this season. From Jack Harris at the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday:
“The performance, the stuff hasn’t been there,” Roberts said. “Against triple-A hitters, you would expect more.”
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“Roki has gone through a lot this year, and he still has a ton of talent,” Roberts said. “We just want to see more.”
