Shohei Ohtani will make his fourth begin of the 2025 MLB season on Saturday, Los Angeles Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Tuesday. When Ohtani takes the mound subsequent, it is going to come on his thirty first birthday.
Ohtani will once more function an opener and Justin Wrobleski is anticipated to observe as a bulk pitcher in opposition to Houston. The Japanese two-way star threw 27 pitches over a season-high two scoreless innings final weekend at Kansas Metropolis, giving up successful with one strikeout and one stroll.
In different information, the staff additionally introduced reliever Michael Kopech had develop into its twelfth pitcher on the injured record.
Kopech mentioned he had scans on his proper knee that didn’t present any critical points. The 29-year-old right-hander acquired a shot to ease irritation.
“I don’t assume it’ll be a long-term state of affairs,” Roberts mentioned Tuesday.
The IL transfer was retroactive to Saturday. Kopech missed the primary 64 video games of the season whereas working his means again from a proper shoulder impingement that he sustained throughout the staff’s postseason run final yr.
Kopech has thrown seven scoreless innings in eight appearances.
Proper-hander Will Klein was recalled from Oklahoma Metropolis, 5 days after he was optioned to the Triple-A farm staff. Acquired June 2 from Seattle for left-hander Joe Jacques, Klein threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings in two earlier appearances with the Dodgers this season
In different pitching updates:
— Japanese rookie phenom Roki Sasaki (shoulder) is ache free and threw from flat floor Tuesday. “The speed, the hassle, depth, all that stuff has actually ticked up,” Roberts mentioned. “Bodily, he seems good.” The supervisor mentioned he’s undecided when Sasaki will throw from a mound, however he pronounced himself “fairly optimistic.”
— Tyler Glasnow (shoulder irritation) will make his subsequent rehab begin Thursday for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. The precise-hander is anticipated to ramp as much as 5 innings and 75 pitches.
— Blake Snell (shoulder) and reliever Blake Treinen (forearm) every will throw to hitters on Wednesday.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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