{"id":56182,"date":"2025-06-15T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56182"},"modified":"2025-06-15T08:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:49:09","slug":"dodgers-deflating-injury-update-on-roki-sasaki-explains-pitching-shuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56182","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; deflating injury update on Roki Sasaki explains pitching shuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"New York Yankees v Los Angeles Dodgers\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_353,w_5564,h_3129\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01jxms6n3c2bghm5dh5h.jpg\" alt=\"New York Yankees v Los Angeles Dodgers\" width=\"5564\" height=\"3129\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"New York Yankees v Los Angeles Dodgers\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">New York Yankees v Los Angeles Dodgers | Katelyn Mulcahy\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Los Angeles Dodgers are desperate to get some of their pitchers healthy, with a staggering 14 arms on the injured list. Unfortunately, the latest update on Roki Sasaki isn&#8217;t the news they wanted to share.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dodgers on May 13 placed Sasaki on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. He&#8217;s still working through his rehab process, but it isn&#8217;t progressing as quickly as LA hoped. Dodgers pitching coach\u00a0Mark Prior recently shared an underwhelming update\u00a0with reporters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot to report. He\u2019s been throwing, still just light catch and not a lot of work other than light catch right now,&#8221; Prior said. &#8220;He is pain-free, but hasn\u2019t gotten to the point where he can put enough intensity to push forward in his progression. It\u2019s just a light catch, just exercising in his throw and not necessarily pushing the throw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Sasaki being pain-free is a great sign, but the delay in his throwing progression is far from ideal, given the rest of the Dodgers&#8217; pitching struggles. Still, LA shouldn&#8217;t rush his rehab \u2014 the last thing it needs is for him to fall injured again down the stretch when it needs depth in late-season or playoff games.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Dodgers update on Roki Sasaki&#8217;s recovery suggests he&#8217;s still far from return<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Sasaki, 23. signed with the Dodgers this winter after four standout seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, during which he pitched to a 2.10 ERA with a 0.894 WHIP and 505 strikeouts over 394 2\/3 innings. The young righty&#8217;s move to MLB hasn&#8217;t gone exactly as planned, as he&#8217;s clocked a 4.72 ERA with 24 strikeouts over 34 1\/3 innings. Sasaki&#8217;s outings have been short, and he averages fewer than 4 1\/3 innings per start so far.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dodgers&#8217; rotation currently comprises Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Clayton Kershaw and Dustin May, with a few spot starts sprinkled in each cycle. Dave Roberts was\u00a0forced to hang Matt Sauer out to dry\u00a0on June 10 against the Padres, and he let up nine runs on 13 hits over 4 2\/3 innings. Luckily, Los Angeles expects Shohei Ohtani to return to pitching before the All-Star break, and Blake Snell and\u00a0Tyler Glasnow have begun throwing bullpen sessions.\u00a0But Sauer&#8217;s situation and Ben Casparius joining the starting rotation now make a whole lot more sense with this Sasaki update.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dodgers have quite a while to wait for any pitching reinforcements coming their way.\u00a0Hopefully, the bullpen can hold up until then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees v Los Angeles Dodgers | Katelyn Mulcahy\/GettyImages The Los Angeles Dodgers are desperate to get some of their pitchers healthy, with a staggering 14&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dodgers&#039; 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