The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a clear strategy from the outset of this season: Get through the 162-game schedule while as healthy as possible, and then roll with their incredible talent in October. That strategy helped them win their second consecutive World Series last year, as their starting pitching was the healthiest it had been all year going into the postseason. Coming into the 2026 season, that was once again the plan.
As the season nears its halfway point, the Dodgers are not healthy, which is something they’ve gotten used to over the past few years. L.A. has been without left-hander Blake Snell for most of the first half. The two-time Cy Young Award winner started the season on the injured list recovering from left shoulder fatigue. After making his return on May 9, he was back on the IL a week later and then had surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow.
Closer Edwin Díaz has been out of action since April 20, also undergoing surgery to remove loose bodies from his right elbow. Right-hander Tyler Glasnow has been on the IL since the beginning of May due to a bad back and was recently put on the 60-day IL. He hasn’t begun a throwing progression, making his return in the near future feel extremely remote.
And finally, there’s Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani has been one of the best starting pitchers in Major League Baseball in 2026. But the four-time MVP is now dealing with a balky left knee, something L.A. will have to monitor going forward.
As the season nears its halfway point, the Dodgers are not healthy, which is something they’ve gotten used to over the past few years. L.A. has been without left-hander Blake Snell for most of the first half. The two-time Cy Young Award winner started the season on the injured list recovering from left shoulder fatigue. After making his return on May 9, he was back on the IL a week later and then had surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow.
Closer Edwin Díaz has been out of action since April 20, also undergoing surgery to remove loose bodies from his right elbow. Right-hander Tyler Glasnow has been on the IL since the beginning of May due to a bad back and was recently put on the 60-day IL. He hasn’t begun a throwing progression, making his return in the near future feel extremely remote.
And finally, there’s Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani has been one of the best starting pitchers in Major League Baseball in 2026. But the four-time MVP is now dealing with a balky left knee, something L.A. will have to monitor going forward.
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