Tyler Glasnow Injury Update Emerges After Dodgers MRI Results

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provided the latest information on Tyler Glasnow’s injury after the starter was pulled from his latest outing. Glasnow made his start on Wednesday in Houston, though he ended up leaving following the first inning. He had just celebrated his 1,000th career strikeout when he stepped on the field for the second inning and felt something in his back that led to him getting pulled.

The injury was deemed back spasms by Glasnow, who has dealt with them since growing up as a teenager. May 6, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow (31) delivers a pitch against the Houston Astros during the first inning at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images After Wednesday’s game, manager Dave Roberts downplayed the injury.

“I think that, given it’s something that’s recurring, and then kind of looking at the history, it hasn’t been an IL situation. It’s been more of, we push him back a couple days, two, three days,” Roberts said. “I don’t expect it to be an IL situation.

I don’t think he does either, and we’ll go from there. ” On Friday, before the Dodgers’ game against the Braves, Roberts said that the MRI showed “nothing really significant” and the team is in a “holding pattern” to see how things go over the coming days. The Dodgers’ back-up plan for Glasnow The Dodgers will activate Blake Snell on Saturday, giving the team another starter to potentially skip Glasnow’s next start and give him more time to recover.