Cody Snavely
Lost in the action of the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series victory over the New York Yankees, right-handed pitcher Tyler Glasnow caught up with the Foul Territory Podcast going over the 2024 season, Shohei Ohtani, and his status for the 2025 season.
As we all know, the Los Angeles Dodgers shut down Tyler Glasnow in September due to elbow inflammation, a massive blow to the Dodgers’ starting rotation that would also lose rookie Gavin Stone (shoulder) and veteran lefty Clayton Kershaw (toe) to season-ending injuries as well.
Prior to the injury, Glasnow was having a career year in Los Angeles, setting a new career-high in innings (134.0) while also posting a 3.49 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, and a career-high in strikeouts (168) across twenty-two starts.
However, Glasnow would have a start in late August scratched due to elbow inflammation, to which the Dodgers were optimistic he would be able to return at some point. That day would never come.
In the interview last month, Glasnow stated that he just had imaging done on his elbow, that the injury is essentially healed, and that now he’ll take the next steps of his recovery and prepare for the 2025 season.
I just got re-imaged recently and I haven’t thrown in a month and it looks like it’s fully healed … I’m just excited that I’ll be good to go for next year,
That said, Glasnow wants to put these arm and elbow injuries behind him. He admitted that they are a frustrating reality he has had to endure yet again in his career.
The Dodgers took a risk with Glasnow when they traded for him and an even bigger risk when they gave him a five-year $136.5 million extension.
The next plan for Glasnow is adjusting his offseason throwing program and trying to physically train his arm, elbow, and tissues in between for a greater workload than in years past.
As I ramp up to get back into spring in December, January, February then I’ll start getting back into a normal thing. I don’t think I’m going to take a long time off or a couple months off of throwing this year. I’m going to just keep going and try to get my tissue used to that workload.
While it is a miracle that Glasnow has avoided surgery as of now, it will be interesting to see how his arm and body feel come February and what the Dodgers plan for his workload, especially since the Dodgers are planning to use a six-man rotation in 2025.
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