LOS ANGELES — Tyler Glasnow leaving his start on Wednesday after just one inning set off a chain of events that led to Blake Snell ending his rehab one start early to start for the Dodgers on Saturday. On Friday, Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms, closing one of the loops.
“Tyler came out of the game with some back spasms, got an MRI. Nothing really significant. So I think for us we’re just in kind of a holding pattern, seeing how he feels the next couple of days,
and how he responds,” manager Dave Roberts said of Glasnow earlier on Friday, noting that things could change depending on how Glasnow felt. “Then you layer in the Blake Snell situation, and try to figure out if he’s open to taking the five innings here versus on rehab, and he couldn’t be more excited to do that.”
The plan for this weekend is for Snell to start on Saturday, followed by Justin Wrobleski on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves. Roki Sasaki, who would have been in line to start on Saturday, will instead start against the San Francisco Giants, possibly on Monday, Roberts said.
Factor in that Friday is the first of 13 straight game days for the Dodgers and they used six relievers to cover the final eight innings on Wednesday in Houston, the need for fresh arms in the bullpen took precedence.
“Some of it has to do with the bullpen and the coverage we might have, and it also depends on Tyler and how he feels as far as improvement over each day,” Roberts said.
Paul Gervase got the call on Friday, called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City for the first time this season. The 6’10 right-hander had a 3.65 ERA in nine games for the Comets, with 17 strikeouts and nine walks in 12 1/3 innings. He last pitched for Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.
