Glasnow made his first rehab begin on Sunday afternoon, logging two scoreless innings for the Comets towards the Rangers’ Triple-A affiliate, the Spherical Rock Categorical. Glasnow walked three batters and struck out one with out permitting successful. He threw 48 pitches (22 strikes).
Elsewhere within the Minors, righty reliever Luis García (proper adductor pressure) additionally started a rehab project, tossing a scoreless inning on 9 pitches (eight strikes) for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. He struck out one and labored round a two-out double.
Earlier this week, supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Glasnow would probably want round three rehab outings — and a buildup to 4 innings — earlier than he is an choice for the Dodgers’ rotation. On condition that tough plan, it is potential that Glasnow may return earlier than the All-Star break.
This previous offseason, Glasnow labored on some mechanical adjustments to his supply that he believed would assist him keep wholesome over the course of the season. When the discomfort in his throwing shoulder flared up throughout a begin, in the future earlier than he went on the IL, he thought that the offseason changes could have thrown off his total mechanics an excessive amount of.
“I by no means land closed, I used to be opening up, so I used to be simply placing lots of stress on my shoulder,” Glasnow mentioned earlier this month. “My [velocity] was down, stuff wasn’t good, command was actually dangerous. And when it clicked, like something, it was wonderful. However I simply wasn’t on observe and didn’t know easy methods to repair it as a result of it was simply so new.”
Glasnow is placing an emphasis on trusting his “pure throw” as he works his approach again. The Dodgers need him to be free and simple when he is on the mound, reasonably than being too mechanically minded.
Getting again into sport motion can also be a great way to gauge Glasnow’s progress in that regard.
“He’s a really cerebral man, mechanical, and as he’s gone by way of this rehab, he’s nonetheless pondering extra inside, which is comprehensible,” Roberts mentioned earlier this week. “However as he begins to get out on rehab, get nearer to competitors, real-life sport competitors, my encouragement is to get extra exterior. You’re going to begin attempting to get hitters out reasonably than [focus on] the place your supply is at.”
