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3 days ago
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Dodgers' Dave Roberts provides key updates on Blake Snell, Blake Treinen
The post Dodgers' Dave Roberts provides key updates on Blake Snell, Blake Treinen appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Los Angeles Dodgers have been rolling recently, winning 8 of their last 10 games and building an 8-game lead over the San Diego Padres in the National League West. They have managed to get hot and establish firm control in their division even though they have suffered numerous injuries to their pitching staff. However, the pitching staff is getting healthy once again. Manager Dave Roberts expects to have ace Blake Snell in the Dodgers rotation shortly, and he also said that key reliever Blake Treinen is expected to return to the bullpen. Both pitchers should return to active duty shortly after the All-Star break. Shohei Ohtani has already returned to the rotation and has been able to serve as an opener in 4 games since returning to mound duties. He has pitched 1 inning in his first two starts and 2 innings in his third start. He made his fourth start Saturday night against the Houston Astros and pitched 2 scoreless innings. The Dodgers have been using Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Dustin May as their two primary starters this season. Yamamoto has mad 17 starts and has pitched 96.2 innings this season. He has an 8-6 record along with a 2.51 earned run average. May has a 5-5 record with a 4.52 ERA in his 16 starts. He has struck out 84 batters in 89.2 innings. Star pitcher Clayton Kershaw has made 9 starts and has a 4-0 record with a 3.43 ERA. He recently struck out the 3,000th batter of his career. Snell is coming back from shoulder injury Snell only made two starts this season before a shoulder injury took him out of the Dodgers rotation. Once he returns and is able to demonstrate that he is healthy and comfortable on the mound, he is very likely to be the ace of the Dodgers staff. He was at his best in 2023 with the Padres when he made 32 starts and had a 14-9 record with a 2.25 ERA. The left-hander struck out 234 batters in 180.0 innings. He has a 77-58 career record and has won the Cy Young Award twice and has also been an All-Star. Snell was 5-3 last year with the San Francisco Giants with a 3.12 ERA while making 20 starts and pitching 104.0 innings. The key for Snell will be his ability to put batters away with his strikeout pitch. He struck out just 4 batters in 9.0 innings before he went on the Injured List this season. Treinen has been on the Injured List with a low-grade forearm sprain. The injury did not require surgery but he has needed rest. Treinen is an 11-year veteran and he has spent five seasons with the Dodgers. He pitched in 50 games last year and had a 7-3 record and a 1.93 ERA. He struck out 56 batters in 46.2 innings. Related: Dodgers' Dave Roberts keeps it real about Shohei Ohtani's pitching future Related: Dodgers' Dave Roberts provides crucial Emmet Sheehan update
Reuters
3 days ago
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- Reuters
Dodgers activate RHP Blake Treinen from injured list
July 27 - The Los Angeles Dodgers activated reliever Blake Treinen from the 60-day injured list on Sunday. The 37-year-old right-hander has been out since mid-April with right forearm tightness. He was 0-2 with a 3.38 ERA and two saves in eight appearances before the injury. Treinen made the All-Star team with the then-Oakland Athletics in 2018 and won World Series championships with the Dodgers in 2020 and 2024. He is 43-36 with a 2.79 ERA and 82 saves in 507 career games (seven starts) with the Washington Nationals (2014-17), Athletics (2017-19) and Dodgers. Treinen missed the 2023 season following shoulder surgery. The Dodgers also recalled southpaw Justin Wrobleski and optioned right-handers Will Klein and Edgardo Henriquez to Triple-A Oklahoma City. --Field Level Media
New York Times
4 days ago
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- New York Times
Dodgers' bullpen needs deadline upgrades. They're also expecting internal improvement
BOSTON — Dave Roberts stared out at the visiting bullpen Friday night and into uncertain territory. The Los Angeles Dodgers manager has overseen a relief unit that has logged more innings than any team in baseball. His prized free-agent closer has struggled and is now hurt. His most valuable reliever this past October hasn't pitched in a big-league game since April. His path to closing out games is littered with trapdoors. Advertisement Friday night, it meant calling on rookie Ben Casparius for his first big-league save in the middle of the worst stretch of his young career. He completed the feat in the ballpark he'd grown up going to, recording the save against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. It was a moment of celebration, but also an indication of where things stand right now for this team. The Dodgers are aggressively pursuing relief upgrades at the deadline. They also just need to get healthy, and for this current group to perform better than they have. 'We have enough talent right now to be better in the 'pen,' Roberts said this weekend. The club is baking in the impending return of Blake Treinen into its trade deadline calculus, with the postseason stalwart expected to be active either Sunday or Monday after dealing with a forearm issue. Roberts said Tanner Scott's timetable is 'shorter than longer,' but the Dodgers won't truly know until Scott resumes playing catch. The $72 million closer hasn't pitched particularly well this season, but there's belief that having him in a set of high-leverage options rather than solely tasked with the ninth inning could help out his results. Michael Kopech has given the Dodgers all of seven innings this season; his return at the end of next month will give the Dodgers another internal option. So will Brusdar Graterol once he ramps up after shoulder surgery. The club still has to get some of its current healthy pitchers right. Kirby Yates' signing to a one-year, $13 million deal toward the end of the winter was an odd catalyst for critics saying the Dodgers' spending was destroying the integrity of the sport. The two-time All-Star reliever, in turn, has delivered his worst healthy season to date since 2016. His 4.31 ERA in 31 1/3 innings appears earned; he's giving up plenty of hard contact, including twice as many home runs (six) as he allowed all of last year with the Texas Rangers. Advertisement The source of his struggles is obvious. Yates' development of a splitter, in many ways, carved out a career for him. Opposing hitters last year hit just .114 against the pitch, which induced soft contact and a .139 slugging percentage. Both those figures have more than doubled against the splitter this year (.278 batting average, .415 slugging percentage entering Saturday). Yates has grown frustrated with the pitch's movement profile, which he said hasn't felt right since shortly before he hit the injured list in May. Yates theorized that raised seams on the baseballs are at least partially responsible for the shift in movement profile. He still hasn't been able to click an adjustment into place. 'Terrible,' Yates said of how the pitch has played. He's a two-pitch pitcher. Lack of a feel for his split and, recently, poor fastball command have doomed him. 'If you put the combination of both together and you've got lack of command and you don't really have anything to back it up with, any time you throw a ball over the plate, it's probably going to get hit hard,' Yates said. 'That's pitching in the big leagues.' Still, Roberts said he trusts Yates in leverage spots. He doesn't have much in the way of options. Yates threw a scoreless inning in the eighth Saturday. 'He's certainly going through some things mentally right now, and scuffling,' Roberts said. 'There's a little bit of confidence kind of wavering, I'm sure. But I just feel that with the guys that we have out there, if the situation calls for it, I've got no problem having him finish a game.' First time at Fenway Park means it's time to sign the Green Monster! — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 26, 2025 Then there's Casparius, who has ping-ponged between roles, logging the third-most innings on the club and facing a reality check as he endures his first full season in the big leagues. His mechanics have fallen out of whack. The Dodgers staff has worked with him to address what they believe could be a pitch-tipping issue that knocked him out of the rotation after a brutal start against the Houston Astros. Some of his pitch sequencing has gotten predictable. Just a handful of days ago, it seemed more likely that Casparius would land on the injured list for a cramping right calf than he would be closing out a game. Even after Friday, Casparius' ERA on the season has ballooned to 4.98 after a promising April and May. Fellow rookie Jack Dreyer has arguably been the team's most consistent bullpen arm not named Alex Vesia. Advertisement Maybe Alexis Díaz can earn his way into the fold, though Roberts acknowledged the Dodgers still aren't quite sure what they have yet in the former All-Star closer. Edgardo Henriquez throws quite hard but still doesn't even have 10 big-league innings under his belt for his career. Kyle Hurt could linger as an option over the season's final month so long as he continues to make steady progress in his return from Tommy John surgery. The Dodgers are exploring adding another internal option to their relief mix. Bobby Miller — the team's Game 2 starter just two postseasons ago — is being shifted to the bullpen in Triple-A Oklahoma City, according to league sources. The team's former top pitching prospect has had another lost season to date. Through 69 1/3 innings with Oklahoma City, his ERA sits at 5.58. The concerns about his ability to consistently execute as a starter have come to fruition. It's still an intriguing potential package. His four-seam fastball has averaged 97.8 mph in the minor leagues this season, still down from the 99.1 mph he averaged on the pitch in his rookie campaign. Maybe it ticks up in shorter bursts. That, along with tweaks to his pitch usage, could play well in relief. Given the state of the rest of the bullpen, it's worth a shot. (Photo of Ben Casparius: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
New York Times
17-07-2025
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- New York Times
Rosenthal: What I'm hearing about the MLB trade deadline with two weeks to go
So much for the Los Angeles Dodgers building enough depth to make their team deadline-proof. After investing a combined $107 million in free-agent relievers Tanner Scott, Blake Treinen and Kirby Yates, the Dodgers are expected to pursue bullpen help, according to sources briefed on the team's plans. Advertisement Part of the Dodgers' motivation stems from Scott's struggles — he has allowed eight homers with a 4.09 ERA, compared to three homers with a 1.75 ERA last season for Miami and San Diego. Part of it also stems from injuries. While some of the Dodgers' injured relievers are projected to return, the production they will provide is not certain. • Evan Phillips underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery on June 4. • Treinen is expected to rejoin the team next week after a three-month absence due to forearm tightness. • Michael Kopech, whose season production amounts to seven scoreless innings in June, is on track to return next month from surgery to repair a damaged meniscus in his right knee. • Brusdar Graterol, who underwent right shoulder surgery last November, could begin a rehabilitation assignment next month. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman hates overpaying at the deadline and constructed his 2025 roster with the express purpose of avoiding such a fate. Looks like he'll be shopping again, anyway. Baltimore Orioles right-hander Charlie Morton and left-hander Trevor Rogers are examples of how quickly a player's trajectory – and trade value – might change. Morton, 41, was the symbol of the Orioles' early-season collapse, posting a 10.89 ERA in his first five starts. But over his last 59 innings, dating to April 29, his ERA is 3.05. One of many Orioles on an expiring contract, Morton suddenly looks like an attractive chip. During Fox's All-Star preview show on Monday, I mentioned him as a possibility for the Boston Red Sox. Yes, the Red Sox would love to do better, and perhaps they will. But the starting pitching market is thin and Sox manager Alex Cora is familiar with Morton from the 2017 Houston Astros. With Bryan Bello and Lucas Giolito both on a roll, perhaps the Sox would be OK with someone like Morton rather than a pure (and possibly unattainable) No. 2 starter. Advertisement Rogers, 27, also has bounced back. His debut with the Orioles last August was so rough, the team sent him to the minors. At that point, his acquisition from the Miami Marlins looked like a bust. And when Rogers began this season on the injured list, it didn't appear much better. Outfielder Kyle Stowers became an All-Star with the Marlins. The other player the Orioles sent to Miami, infielder Connor Norby, also seems capable of haunting Baltimore. But since joining the Orioles on May 24, Rogers' ERA is 1.53, and it isn't just luck. His expected ERA is 2.94. The difference between Morton and Rogers is that Rogers is under club control for one more season. The Orioles plan to contend in 2026. Their current projected rotation would include Grayson Rodríguez and Kyle Bradish, both of whom could be hard-pressed to carry significant workloads coming off major injuries. The Orioles are listening on Rogers, just as they are listening on closer Félix Bautista, who is under club control for two additional seasons. A source briefed on the team's plans, however, said it was unlikely either would be traded. The Orioles have nearly a dozen potential free agents to work through, including All-Star designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn. Trades involving some or most of those players will be the priority. In his recent midseason awards column, The Athletic's Jayson Stark named Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert his Least Valuable Player (LVP). 'He has one job – to get himself traded,' Stark quoted a friend as saying. 'And he's failing!' The problem for the White Sox is they might face little choice but to move Robert anyway. There seems virtually no chance of the team exercising Robert's $20 million option for 2026. A trade would be the only way to get something back, however meager. Robert's .190 batting average is the second lowest among qualifiers after Michael Conforto's .184. He has struck out nearly twice as many times (93) as he has hits (51). His offense is so bad, his bWAR is at replacement level and his fWAR is just slightly above, even though he has stolen 22 bases in 28 attempts and rates above-average in center. Advertisement Perhaps a team such as the San Diego Padres would take Robert if the White Sox included a portion of his remaining salary, something the team has indicated a willingness to do. But even then, the White Sox could not count on getting much of a return. Robert's value keeps sinking, and time is running out. The AL Central is the division to call for controllable relievers. The Cleveland Guardians' Emmanuel Clase and Cade Smith are two trade candidates. The Minnesota Twins' Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran are two others. But prying any of those pitchers loose might be difficult. Both the Twins and Guardians are below .500, but the Twins are only four games back in the wild-card race and the Guardians only 4 1/2, making it still too early to concede. The Twins' schedule leading to the deadline (COL, LAD on road, WAS, BOS at home) is mixed. The Guardians' schedule (home against Athletics, BAL; road against KC, home against COL) appears somewhat easier. But how much any of that will help remains to be seen. The other element is that the Guardians are extremely disciplined in trade talks, often frustrating potential partners. And where did Twins chief of baseball operations Derek Falvey begin his front-office career? Cleveland. If you've heard one bubble team say it, you've heard 'em all: 'Our play leading to the deadline likely will determine our course.' The Rays, after stumbling to the break, suddenly are one of those teetering clubs. Following a six-game homestand against the Orioles and White Sox, they will have only 22 home games remaining, 37 on the road. However they fare, the Rays' reluctance to trade players who signed team-friendly extensions almost certainly will lead to first baseman Yandy Díaz remaining with the club. Díaz actually agreed to two such deals, the second coming in March when the Rays exercised his $12 million option for 2026 and added a $10 million club option for '27. Advertisement Second baseman Brandon Lowe also signed a below-market extension for six years and $24 million in March 2019. But all that remains on Lowe's deal is an $11.5 million option for next season. Closer Pete Fairbanks is in the same position, with only a $7 million club option remaining. If the Rays fail to snap out of their 3-11 slide, the shorter commitments might put both in play. Speaking of the Rays, here's an intriguing thought if Jacksonville developer Patrick Zalupski is confirmed as the team's new owner in time for the offseason: Kyle Tucker. The thought might not be as preposterous as it sounds, depending upon how much Zalupski is willing to spend on players after plunking $1.7 billion or so for the team. Tucker, 28, is a native of Tampa. The Rays are a good bet to escape the final eight years of Wander Franco's 11-year, $181 million contract if Franco is unable to leave the Dominican Republic after being found guilty in that country of sexual abuse of a minor. And even under owner Stuart Sternberg, they've occasionally tried to go big in free agency, most notably during the 2021-22 offseason when they reportedly offered Freddie Freeman six- and seven-year deals in the $140 million to $150 million range. As a free agent, Tucker figures to command at least three times that much, maybe more. The range might be far out of Zalupski's comfort zone. But what better way for a new owner to announce his intentions than by signing the best free agent available? We present further evidence that this is the Year of the Big Dumper: In addition to hitting 38 homers before the break, winning the Home Run Derby and being named to Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Cal Raleigh recently won the Seattle Mariners' 'Golden Locker' award for keeping his space the cleanest and most organized. The award, bestowed by the Mariners' clubhouse attendants every homestand, comes with a free car wash or haircut — just slightly less of a prize than the $1 million Raleigh earned for winning the Derby. (Top photo of Charlie Morton: Edward M. Pio Roda / Getty Images)
Reuters
06-07-2025
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- Reuters
Report: Dodgers' Blake Snell, Blake Treinen trending toward return
July 6 - The Los Angeles Dodgers could soon welcome back starting pitcher Blake Snell and reliever Blake Treinen, as they are reportedly moving toward a return after lengthy stints on the injured list. Snell (shoulder) threw two simulated innings against hitters on Saturday, while Treinen tossed one inning against hitters, per According to the report, both are expected to begin rehab assignments early next week. Both Snell (shoulder) and Treinen (forearm) landed on the 60-day IL earlier this season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner, Snell has appeared in two games this year after signing a five-year, $182 million contract with the Dodgers in the offseason. In those two starts, the 32-year-old left-hander went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA and four strikeouts over nine innings. A 10-year MLB veteran of the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants, Snell has gone 77-58 with a 3.18 ERA in 213 starts with 1,372 strikeouts. Treinen, 37, has appeared in eight games this season and went 0-2 with a 3.38 ERA with 10 strikeouts in eight innings. A veteran of the Washington Nationals and then-Oakland Athletics before joining the Dodgers in 2020, Treinen has appeared in 507 games, mostly as a reliever. The right-hander has logged 570 strikeouts dating back to 2014 with a 43-36 record, 2.79 ERA and 82 saves in 577 appearances, including seven starts. --Field Level Media
