The Dodgers Justin Wrobleski launcher throws mound during a defeat at the Nationals on Tuesday in Washington. (Nick Wass / Associated Press)
Like the Riders Built their 2025 list this winter, they made the depth of pitching one of their main priorities.
During his first test Tuesday evening, he failed disastrously.
During the weekend, the Dodgers underwent their first injury of the year, placing Veteran starting launcher Blake Snelltheir signing of off -season of $ 182 million, on the List injured with shoulder inflammation.
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On Tuesday, they had a hard time replacing him on what was supposed to be his scheduled departure day, Lose 8-2 against Washington Nationals After calling Triple-A, Justin Wrobleski was overthrown for eight points in five rounds.
The Dodgers appointed the shoving shohei ohtani’s striker after having withdrawn the third round against the Nationals on Tuesday in Washington. (Nick Wass / Associated Press)
“Obviously, lose Blake during the time period, some guys will get opportunities”, ” The Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said. “You want them to try not to exert too much pressure on a particular outing and go there and compete.”
The good news for dodgers: they should not be without Snell for a long time.
Although the left -hander said that he had launched the discomfort of the shoulders in the past three weeks (including in his first two departures of the year, when he only recorded nine total sleeves by walking eight strikers and abandoning seven points; although only two won), an MRI scan has shown no structural damage to Snell’s shoulder. A meeting with Doctor of the chief team Dr Neal Elatrache On Monday, confirmed that Snell would not need an injection or another medical intervention.
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The plan is now to start Snell again early next week.
“It was the best of cases,” said manager Dave Roberts about the prognosis, increasing Snell’s probability of hope to be back on the mound in a few weeks.
“Rest until Monday,” added Roberts, “and we will resume from there.”
But, barely two weeks after the start of the season, the absence of Snell had already forced the dodgers (9-4) to start diving into their very toured pitching pool – a one has desperately tried to reconstruct this off -season After almost missing healthy weapons in the race last October to a World Series title.
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And although their options are good on paper entering the year, Tuesday recalled that, at least, they are far from having infallible insurance plans.
After a turbulent first season in 2024, when he had a 5.70 MPM in eight league outings, the return of Wrobleski to the Majors did not happen on Tuesday evening.
Two strikers in the match, the former recovery choice of the 11th round gave a two -point circuit to James Wood. In the second, Wrobleski reached two withdrawals before abandoning a simple, walking three rights to mark a race, then giving a single two points to the former Dodgers Farmhand Keibert Ruiz. A third clean round was immediately followed by three other points in the fourth, including another explosion of two Wood points.
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“It’s just about doing your job when you are called, and today I haven’t done a good job,” said Wrobleski. “You must always stay ready. I felt that I had done a good job. But unfortunately, I came today and I had a difficult outing. It’s baseball.”
During a nightly nightly night in the national capital, the long rounds of Dodgers in defense did not do much to help their bats to warm up.
During their first three trips in marble, they were excluded by the opener Brad Lord – a 24 -year -old right -hander who list the opening day for the Nationals (5-6) after working in a home depot during the offseason.
It was only in the fifth round, when the deficit increased to 8-0, the dodgers finally went on the set via a home run at home from Andy Pages (which had started season four for 35, but reached the base three times on Tuesday evening).
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After that, the solo explosion of Kiké Hernández in the eighth (his sure fourth stroke of the year, all being Homers) was the only other score of the team. In all, the Dodgers had only eight sure while withdrawing 15 times.
“In a way, the range, the quality of the batteries, we simply do not have a At-Bats team,” said Roberts, the club now sporting. 230 average of the team. “The results show.”
Kiké Hernandez Dodgers turns the foundations after hitting a home run during the team defeat against the Nationals on Tuesday in Washington. (Nick Wass / Associated Press)
It is on the mound, however, where the dodgers are faced with their most urgent concerns.
The Dodgers will turn to another arm of depth for the final of the series on Wednesday, providing for calling Landon Knack to start a pre-targeting point. Given their reluctance to throw Japanese starters Yoshinobu yamamoto And Sasaki Roki At four days of rest, such figures on the list are common until Snell’s return, potentially attracting other names such as Bobby Miller (who has a 2.97 MPM, but also eight walks, in his first two triple-A starts this year) in the short-term image.
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“I do not think that anyone expected that we become unscathed all year round, whether outside the pen or the starter. This is where we are,” said Roberts before the match. “But I think we knew we had a lot of viable options to repay.”
Certainly, the Dodgers do not have their full supplement of pitching depth at the moment.
Tony Gonsolin opened the season on the injured list after refining their back while lifting weights towards the end of spring training. He is currently in rehabilitation with Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he has to launch three rounds on Wednesday, and remains for several weeks to be available, according to Roberts.
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Clayton Kershaw (who still works from out -of -season toes and knee surgeries) and Emmet Sheehan (who ends his rehabilitation of Tommy John surgery at the beginning of last year) are on the list of 60 days injured and will not be options before the middle of the season.
Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, is Always slow in its pitch program – Remaining limited to weekly sessions of the enclosure enclosure, and not yet allowed to use its complete mixture or to start up a gear.
“He understands that the objective is to ensure that he shoots all cylinders towards the end of the season and in October,” said Roberts. “We are in Lockstep.”
In the meantime, however, he leaves a team that has been built to have sufficient pitch depth this season in a suddenly precarious place for the coming weeks.
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
