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Dodgers Insider Provides Injury Update on Two All-Star Starting Pitchers

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Griffin Goodwyn | Last updated Jun 20, 2025 5:35 PM ET

The Los Angeles Dodgers currently have a laundry list of starting pitchers on the shelf.

Four Opening Day starters have been sidelined over the past few months: Blake Snell since early April, Tyler Glasnow since late April, Roki Sasaki since mid-May and Tony Gonsolin since early June. Three of these pitchers (Snell, Glasnow and Gonsolin) have had stints on the Dodgers' 60-day injured list at some point this season.

Snell and Glasnow – who both were transferred to the 60-day injured list in May – are the closest of the bunch to make their returns to the mound. ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, who covers the Dodgers, provided a positive update regarding both players' rehabilitation processes on Tuesday.

"Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow have made really positive steps. They've gotten off the mound; they've felt good. And it looks like they're on track to come back," Gonzalez said. "I would think that, sometime in July, Tyler Glasnow's going to come back. And shortly thereafter, if things go well, Blake Snell will come back."

Gonzalez made it clear that Glasnow and Snell coming back in July is no sure thing, especially since he recommends the Dodgers take things slow and not rush their respective rehabs.

"I will say, though, that they still have to go through a natural progression. Like, this is almost Spring Training for them," Gonzalez said. "Then, you layer on top of that the fact that it's a shoulder injury. With these shoulder injuries, they're very tricky, and you don't want to speed up the process too much because you could be set back really quickly."

Gonzalez said, however, that having Snell and Glasnow back in the rotation would be a welcome sign for a pitching staff that has been ransacked by injuries and a lack of production over the past few weeks.

"The Dodgers have had the misfortune of all these pitching injuries occurring at a time when they're at the toughest points of their schedule." Gonzalez said. "So, they need more starts from Clayton Kershaw like the one he just gave them. They need [Yoshinobu] Yamamoto back to come back to being the guy he was in April, not the guy he has been lately."

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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