Dodgers Tyler Glasnow quiets concerns in bounce-back start, after unusual travel plan helped him reset
A week ago, Tyler Glasnow was beginning to turn back into a question mark.So, the Dodgers sent him home and hoped he would reset.Last Saturday, the All-Star pitcher looked all out of sorts in a four-inning, four-run and frankly foreboding start during the team’s visit to Miami.He was battling his mechanics.
He was stretching out his long-bothersome back.And, most concerningly, he was losing the confident demeanor the Dodgers had seen when he first returned from his latest extended stint on the injured list last month.Thus, instead of accompanying the team on the second leg of its road trip this week in Cincinnati, Glasnow traveled immediately back to Los Angeles the day after his clunker against the Marlins.No extra flight.
No added time on the road.Just a week where he could focus on his delivery and try to keep his season from once again slipping off track.“He got back on Pacific Standard Time, in his own bed, one leg of travel versus the two,” manager Dave Roberts said Friday afternoon.
“He threw his bullpen a few days ago.That went great.
So he’s dialed in.”In a six-inning, two-run, 10-strikeout start in Friday’s 8-2 win over the San Francisco Giants, there was still more dialing in left for Glasnow to do.He hung a curveball in the second inning that Jung Hoo Lee belted for a home run.He lost his feel pitching from the stretch after a leadoff single in the third, giving up another run that briefly put the Dodgers behind before they stormed back with five home runs –– including four in the eighth inning alone –– from their recently resurgent offense.The important thing, though, was that Glasnow felt better.With his health.
With his throw.With his ability to get completely synced up in time for the playoffs.“I think I feel relatively consistent.
It’s just a matter of, sometimes I’m not going to feel good, sometimes I will,” Glasnow said.“Today, I think it was a step in the right direction.
I think it’s better than feeling r...