The Los Angeles Dodgers launcher, Blake Snell, was to launch an enclosure session of the readers on Wednesday while he recovers inflammation in his shoulder. But his return struck a hitch. Snell felt discomfort in his shoulder after playing catching up on Tuesday, and his enclosure sessions for Wednesday lifts were abandoned.
Manager Dave Roberts revealed the news on Wednesday at Wrigley Field before the Game of Dodgers against Chicago Cubs.
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“While playing Catch, he didn't feel well,” said Roberts, by espn. “Right now, we're going to slow down the launch. We are likely to have it looked at again when we get home.”
Snell has launched only nine rounds for dodgers in two departures since he joined them A contract of $ 182 million over five years during the offseason. He launched the third game of the Dodgers of the season on March 27 and again on April 2. He has a 2.00 MPM through the two games.
Blake Snell's return of inflammation of the shoulders struck a hook. (Brian Rothmuller / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
He felt pain in his left shoulder during an enclosure session of the readers and suffered an MRI that revealed inflammation. The Dodgers placed it on the 15 -day injured list on April 6, retroactive on April 3.
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Since then, Snell has launched an enclosure session of the lifts on Saturday before the cancellation of the enclosure session on Wednesday. Roberts minimized Snell's injury and told journalists that his delayed return was part of a greater decision to make it so that the healthy later in the season.
“Part of the messaging of us in Blake is, it is almost later in the season, and if there is one type of discomfort, let's not try to fight it,” said Roberts, by MLB.com. “Given where we are currently on the calendar, not at all concerned. And even talking to Blake yesterday, was not worried.”
Snell, 32, is in his 10th MLB season. He spent only one season with the San Francisco giants in 2024 after winning his second cy Young Award in 2023 as a member of the San Diego Padres. Snell won his previous Cy Young with the Rays of Tampa Bay in 2018.
The addition of SNELL to the Dodgers was a highlight of a frenzy of off -season expenses In which the team has made significant improvements to a list that has just won a world series. If he and his teammates are in good health, the Dodgers plan to have one, if not the best banging staff in baseball.
