Veteran reliever Blake Treinen was positioned on the 15-day injured checklist yesterday as a consequence of tightness in his proper forearm, and Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts shed extra mild on Treinen’s scenario when talking with the Orange County Register’s Invoice Plunkett and different reporters at present. Particularly, Treinen has a “low-grade sprain of the forearm,” as Roberts described it, as some forearm discomfort all through the week resurfaced Friday when Treinen was warming as much as enter the sport.
“He was one hitter away as he was warming up to enter the sport,” Roberts mentioned. “Clearly, if he have been to pitch, it might have been doubtlessly worse. So I’d say we’re within the dodged-a-bullet class.”
An MRI revealed the sprain yesterday, and Treinen will get extra testing performed earlier than a restoration timeline is established. Roberts’ view of the harm appeared comparatively optimistic, although even when Treinen has prevented a extra long-term downside, it stands to cause that he’ll miss extra than simply 15 days simply out of pure precaution when coping with forearm-related accidents.
Treinen’s first 4 seasons in Los Angeles yielded glorious (if typically injury-plagued) outcomes, resulting in a two-year, $22MM deal to rejoin the membership this previous offseason. Treinen was off to a stable begin in 2025, if a little bit of a step again solely compared to his previous requirements since coming to the Dodgers previous to the 2020 season. Over eight innings and eight appearances this yr, Treinen has a 3.38 ERA, 27.8% strikeout fee, and eight.3% stroll fee.
Turning to a different Blake on the Dodgers’ injured checklist, Saturday marked Blake Snell’s first bullpen session since he was positioned on the 15-day IL with left shoulder irritation. Snell advised The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya that he’ll want at the least another bullpen and simulated recreation earlier than exploring a rehab task, however as for step one, Snell left his preliminary bullpen session feeling “manner higher.”
Snell hasn’t pitched since April 2, and it will appear to be his IL stint will final over a month, given the variety of steps remaining within the restoration course of. Whereas the shoulder irritation doesn’t appear to be something too severe, it does add to Snell’s historical past of each accidents and first-half struggles. Snell did have a 2.00 ERA in his first two begins and 9 innings of the 2025 season, however for his profession, he has a 3.95 ERA previous to the All-Star break after which a 2.34 ERA within the second half.
The L.A. rotation had one other minor harm scare in at present’s 1-0 win over the Rangers, as Tyler Glasnow left with an obvious leg harm after throwing his first pitch of the fifth inning. Thankfully, the crew introduced that Glasnow left as a consequence of solely leg cramps, and Glasnow advised MLB.com’s Sonja Chen and different reporters that he believes he’ll be capable of make his subsequent begin. The Dodgers have off-days on each Monday and Thursday this week, so Glasnow will get a full week earlier than he’s subsequent scheduled to take the mound on April 27 in opposition to the Pirates.
