Dave Roberts: Tyler Glasnow a step away from return to Dodgers

Nypost · Aug 15, 2026 · 358 words · By Dylan Hernandez

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What to know about Dave Roberts: Tyler Glasnow a step away from return to Dodgers

Tyler Glasnow will rejoin the Dodgers’ rotation after making one more start in the minor leagues, manager Dave Roberts said on Saturday.

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What happened

Tyler Glasnow will rejoin the Dodgers’ rotation after making one more start in the minor leagues, manager Dave Roberts said on Saturday.

Why it matters

Glasnow, who hasn’t pitched in a major league game since May 6, retired 11 of 13 batters he faced on Friday night in a start for the Dodgers’ triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City.

Common ground

The start was Glasnow’s third in a minor-league rehabilitation assignment.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Glasnow threw 67 pitches in 3 ⅔ innings on Friday night.”

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NBC Sports explicitly confirms Glasnow had a '67-pitch outing' on Friday night and threw '3 2/3 hitless innings'.

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Claim 2: “Glasnow, who hasn’t pitched in a major league game since May 6, retired 11 of 13 batters he faced on Friday night in a start for the Dodgers’ triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City.”

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Multiple sources confirm Glasnow retired 11 of 13 batters in a start for the Oklahoma City affiliate and that he had been sidelined since early May (specifically May 6/8).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 137th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 69th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 65th season playin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tyler Allen Glasnow (born August 23, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Glasnow

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Claim 3: “In his first season with the Dodgers, in 2024, his season was cut short by an elbow strain.”

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Web search results confirm that an elbow sprain/tendonitis kept him out for the remainder of the 2024 season.

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web search NEUTRAL — Tyler Allen Glasnow is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow delivers against the Angels in June. An elbow sprain will keep him out for the rest of the season.20, 2024. “It’s just, like, exhausting,” said Glasnow, who signed a five…
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web search NEUTRAL — Glasnow had previously hit the injured list this year during the All-Star break due to back tightness. Walker Buehler’s season was delayed for workload reasons, then he hit the injured list again with…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5705948/2024/08/16/dodgers-…

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Claim 4: “Blake Snell returned from the injured list on Tuesday night”

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No evidence was found after searching for Blake Snell's return from the injured list on Tuesday night.

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Claim 5: “Glasnow was 3-0 with a 2.72 earned-run average in seven starts when he was placed on the injured list.”

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CA Post confirms that through seven starts, Glasnow was 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA before being placed on the injured list on May 8.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Thomas Gervase (born May 23, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Claim 6: “He missed 2 ½ months last year because of a strained shoulder.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated language learning examples and gaming sites; no evidence regarding a shoulder strain for Glasnow is present.

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Claim 7: “The 6-foot-8 right-hander made a conscious effort to put on weight over the offseason”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses other athletes (Artie Burns, Miami Hurricanes DTs) but contains no information regarding Tyler Glasnow's offseason weight efforts.

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Claim 8: “Shohei Ohtani threw his first bullpen session in more than three weeks on Friday.”

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Claim 9: “The start was Glasnow’s third in a minor-league rehabilitation assignment.”

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One source (NBC Sports) mentions he will make 'another rehab start' after the Friday game, but another source (Yahoo Sports/Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow labors in 2nd rehab start) explicitly identifies the Friday start as his 'second start of his rehab assignment,' contradicting the claim that it was his third.

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Claim 10: “Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal was acquired before the trade deadline.”

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The cross-reference from NY Post explicitly states the Dodgers traded for two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal before the trade deadline.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — the Dodgers traded for two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal, before this season’s trade deadline
https://nypost.com/2026/08/03/sports/padres-aj-preller-share…

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Claim 11: “Tyler Glasnow will rejoin the Dodgers’ rotation after making one more start in the minor leagues”

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Yahoo Sports reports that manager Dave Roberts stated Glasnow will rejoin the rotation after one more minor league start.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 136th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 68th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 64th season playi…
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Claim 12: “Glasnow started three playoff games on the Dodgers’ championship run last year, but he also pitched in three games as a reliever, including the Games 6 and 7.”

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