December 2023 was a transformative month for the Dodgers, who signed Shohei Ohtani to the largest contract in baseball history and signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the largest pitching contract in history. But they also traded for and extended Tyler Glasnow in a move that proved Brad Paisley contributes more to the Dodgers than ensuring extra-inning World Series games.
Much like with Blake Snell, the Dodgers knew what they were getting in Glasnow — a pitcher who is mostly excellent when healthy, but one who likely won’t pitch a full season. That’s held true for Glasnow, whose 134 innings in 2024 is his career high, and only his third season out of 11 reaching 100 innings.
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Since the start of 2024, Glasnow has a 3.27 ERA and 2.87 xERA in 47 starts, and among the 172 major league pitchers with at least 200 innings since then ranks eighth in strikeout rate (31.2 percent) and 12th in strikeout-minus-walk rate (22.4 percent).
Glasnow was a stabilizing force to start this season, making six full starts before leaving his May 6 start after only one inning with back spasms. Among qualified pitchers at the time, Glasnow ranked 22nd in ERA (2.72), fifth in xERA (2.61), fourth in strikeout rate (33.1 percent), and seventh in strikeout-minus-walk rate (24.3 percent).
During his four-start rehab assignment, Glasnow was sharp with a 1.32 ERA and 20 strikeouts with four walks in 13 2/3 innings, including 17 strikeouts over his final two starts with Oklahoma City.
He’ll be pitching on five days rest in the series opener against the Braves.
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Paul Gervase was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday to make roster room for Glasnow.
Last season, Glasnow missed 10 weeks in the middle of the season with shoulder inflammation, then returned with a 2.86 ERA and 2.88 xERA in his final 13 regular season starts, then had a 1.69 ERA and 3.77 xERA in three starts and three relief appearances in October.
Tuesday will be the first of potentially six more starts in the regular season for Glasnow, to see what kind of finishing kick he has for this year. Glasnow is another piece of the Voltron Dodgers starting rotation that is nearly fully formed, joining Yamamoto, Tarik Skubal, and Blake Snell.
Whether Ohtani is back on the mound this weekend in Detroit or later, he’ll be building up over the final four-plus weeks of the season to join them. But here are the 2026 numbers for those five pitchers.
|
Starter |
Starts |
IP |
K rate |
K-BB rate |
ERA |
xERA |
|
Yamamoto |
23 |
151.7 |
24.9% |
18.9% |
2.61 |
3.03 |
|
Skubal |
20 |
120.7 |
30.9% |
26.4% |
2.91 |
2.94 |
|
Snell |
4 |
2 |
29.9% |
19.5% |
2.57 |
2.29 |
|
Glasnow |
7 |
39.7 |
33.1% |
24.3% |
2.72 |
2.61 |
|
Ohtani |
14 |
85.7 |
27.9% |
20.3% |
1.79 |
2.71 |
The Dodgers’ rotation is a load-bearing piece of their potential championship structure, and getting Glasnow back gets them that much closer to fully operational. If there’s a singular reason to get excited about what’s possible in October, these starting pitchers are it.
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