Tyler Glasnow Cleans Out Locker, Leaves Dodgers After Suffering Elbow Injury
Tyler Glasnow isn’t with the Los Angeles Dodgers anymore.
Glasnow suffered a sprained right elbow and is likely to miss the rest of the season. He had been out since August 11 with elbow tendinitis but suffered a setback while warming up for a simulated game. He was diagnosed with a sprained elbow and is almost certain to be shut down for the year.
On Sunday, reports surfaced that Glasnow’s locker had been cleared out and he was no longer with the team in Atlanta. When asked about his ace pitcher’s whereabouts Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Glasnow “flew out” today, then said, “I don’t know where he flew to. But he’s not with the team, no.”
That feels weird. If Glasnow was going somewhere for medical treatment, Roberts would certainly have been informed. The fact that he’s out of the loop is really strange.
The Dodgers traded for Glasnow in the offseason, sending Ryan Pepiot and Jonny DeLuca to the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire the power righty and Manuel Margot. They quickly signed him to a five-year, $136.5 million contract. The Southern California native has been dominant at times this season but, as with much of his career, he has also dealt with injuries.
If Glasnow is done for the season, the 31-year-old will finish 9-6 with a 3.49 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 168 strikeouts in 134 innings.
Looking to capitalize on stumbles from the Mets, the Braves had a chance to move into the last wild-card spot behind Charlie Morton, facing Walker Buehler and the Dodgers.
Charlie started out well, striking out Ohtani on his was to a scoreless first with a Freeman walk as the only baserunner. A leadoff Dodgers’ double form Edman presented a threat in the second, but Charlie escaped it with two flyouts and a strikeout. The Braves managed two singles and a walk in the home second, but in brutal sequencing, a double play in between them resulted in a scoreless inning. In a scene familiar to Truist Park, Buehler got himself in a bases loaded jam, with two walks and a catcher’s interference. He walked a run home and allowed a pretty fortunate infield single to Travis d’Arnaud for the first two runs of the game, but got out of the inning with no more damage, despite a deep fly ball that looked like it might have been gone off the bat of Jarred Kelenic.
A Muncy single and a Lux walk started the fifth for the Dodgers, putting Charlie in a tough spot. After a flyout and a strikeout, Ohtani finally got to Morton, with an absolutely scalded double to bring home a run. Charlie got Mookie to reach for a curveball for an inning-ending flyout. After a 1-2-3 inning form Buehler, Snitker played a dangerous game and tried to get away with a sixth inning from Morton, facing the Dodgers’ order the third time through the order. He absolutely got away with it, however, as Morton rewarded him with a 1-2-3 inning, capping off a strong 6.0 inning, one run, 6 strikeout appearance. The bottom of the Braves’ order had nothing to offer once again in the bottom of the inning.
