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Tyler Glasnow just added to Dodgers' injury nightmare with second straight early exit

Eric Cole
Eric Cole

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The Los Angeles Dodgers obviously have a strong desire to repeat as World Series champs, but it sure doesn't feel like it will come easy. Not only is the rest of the NL West seemingly out for blood in 2025, but the injury bug has been causing a fair bit of havoc on their roster, with Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow possibly its next victim.

Glasnow's history of staying on the mound is already sketchy and he was pulled early from a start just a week ago with what was later described as leg cramps. In the moment, it felt like the Dodgers had dodged a bullet, as the injury wasn't expected to keep Glasnow out for very long at all.

Unfortunately, something different is still very clearly not right with Glasnow even after a short start his last time out, as he was pulled after one inning from his start against the Pirates on Sunday.

Tyler Glasnow pulled early from yet another start as Dodgers fans' worries grow

We don't know exactly what is bothering Glasnow, although the Dodgers broadcast was speculating that it could be his shoulder acting up based on how he was acting during his warmup pitches. Glasnow certainly did seem like he was trying to stretch his shoulder out in between warmup pitches, and manager Dave Roberts may have noticed that, in addition to Glasnow not exactly missing bats in the first inning.

Whatever the case may be, the Dodgers may be without Glasnow for a while, especially if it is his shoulder. Even assuming a world where his scans come back clean, the team will almost certainly shut him down for a couple weeks to lets things calm down. The team did confirm a short time later that it was right shoulder discomfort that forced him out of the game.

For a team that is already down Blake Snell and a bunch of other arms, losing Glasnow for any appreciable amount of time is really bad news. Every team has to deal with adversity and injuries, but it is only the end of April and it feels like LA is already on their back foot.

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Eric Cole

Eric Cole

I started my career writing about baseball covering the Atlanta Braves for SB Nation's Talking Chop back in 2015 which has since been renamed Battery Power. After years of writing for those fine folks, I made the decision to take over as Site Expert at House That Hank Built before becoming a full-time MLB Staff Writer for FanSided in 2023. Along the way, I have been a guest on multiple ESPN radio affiliates as well as 680 The Fan and 92.9 The Game to discuss Braves baseball and especially Braves prospects and was a long-time host on the Battery Power podcast. These days, I continue to write about the Braves as well as covering the Astros, Padres, and Angels with particular expertise with minor league coverage, the MLB Draft, and bashing Anthony Rendon when possible. When I am not writing about or talking about baseball (which is seldom), I am an avid baseball card collector (Maddux and Soroka being my primary personal collections) and I also collect shark teeth. All other sports are mostly dead to me as my Bills have broken my heart too many times.