LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers plan to start Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, and Tyler Glasnow in that order for their three-game series against the Miami Marlins beginning Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
That really isn’t news, except that they could have pushed Ohtani to Wednesday’s series finale, which would line up him to start two consecutive pitching outings the day before team off days on April 30 and May 7, as a way to minimize his fatigue. With Ohtani back to full-time status for the first time since 2023, how the Dodgers manage his time is one of the keys to the season.
Ohtani this season has batted 125 times and faced 92 batters as a pitcher, involved in 217 total plate appearances through the first 31 days of the season, his largest monthly workload since being involved in 252 PA in June 2023 with the Angels. Finding avenues for extra rest will be something to watch, but now is not one of those times.
“We don’t have to be beholden to the off day,” manager Dave Roberts said Sunday. “We talked to Shohei Ohtani, and he feels good about going on Tuesday.”
Had the Dodgers decided to move Ohtani to Wednesday against the Marlins, that would have meant Glasnow on Tuesday on four days rest, something no Dodgers starting pitcher has done yet this season. They aren’t averse to it, and have talked about Glasnow and Blake Snell in particular preferring to pitch more often whenever possible.
But after Glasnow pitched eight scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to beat the San Francisco Giants, they decided to keep him in line to start Wednesday against Miami on five days rest.
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