{"id":74778,"date":"2025-08-08T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=74778"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:57:17","slug":"positive-roki-sasaki-injury-update-comes-with-troubling-dodgers-reality-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=74778","title":{"rendered":"Positive Roki Sasaki injury update comes with troubling Dodgers reality for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-87143\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_8256,h_4644\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01k201cpsa8jkxger645.jpg\" alt=\"Positive Roki Sasaki injury update comes with troubling Dodgers reality for 2025 - News 365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Blake Snell\u2019s return from the IL, Roki Sasaki is the last star member of the Dodgers\u2019 rotation left on the IL (apologies to Tony Gonsolin). In the starts he was able to make, Sasaki was far from living up to the mammoth expectations placed on him in his first MLB season, and then he hit the IL on May 13 with a shoulder impingement after just eight starts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">His return has been rocky. He\u2019s started and stopped a throwing progression a few times already, and Dave Roberts has provided conflicting and oftentimes unhelpful updates on whether or not Sasaki will be back this year at all.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">However, Sasaki himself spoke to media on Tuesday for the first time since he went down with the injury. He\u2019s pain-free and scheduled to throw three simulated innings this upcoming weekend before the Dodgers send him on a rehab assignment. We can deduce a loose timeline from there, which would likely put Sasaki back on the active roster by early September.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">However, Roberts declined to answer with a \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no\u2019 when asked if the Dodgers would consider moving Sasaki into the bullpen for the postseason. \u201cI\u2019m going to hold on that one,\u201d he said. \u201cI do know we\u2019re going to take the 13 best pitchers. [\u2026] If Roki is a part of that in some capacity, then that would be great. And if he\u2019s not, then he won\u2019t be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Roki Sasaki, speaking to reporters for the first time since mid May, said it is his \u201cevery intention\u201d to get back to a big league mound this season. He\u2019s pain-free, believes he\u2019s in a better spot to hit top velocities, but still working on refining his mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabianArdaya\/status\/1952869794774171979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1952869794774171979%7Ctwgr%5E2e082385e9920e2ba74b3d4370c28c7013f1ed25%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersway.com%2Fpositive-roki-sasaki-injury-update-comes-with-troubling-dodgers-reality-for-2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\">Roki Sasaki is pain-free, but there\u2019s no guarantee he\u2019ll be part of Dodgers\u2019 postseason roster<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Best-case scenario, the Dodgers get Sasaki back in early September to give him as many starting opportunities as possible in what remains of the regular season. Still, he\u2019ll be competing with Emmet Sheehan, who\u2019s looked pretty good as of late, and it\u2019s possible that neither gets a spot in the Dodgers\u2019 four-man postseason rotation if Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and Clayton Kershaw are all healthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">The Dodgers won\u2019t be able to ask a lot of Sasaki when he comes off the IL, but the best that he can do is try to showcase a respectable return after a pretty bum run to start the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Being part of the postseason bullpen wouldn\u2019t be the worst thing in the world. Now that the starters are getting healthier, Dodgers relievers are going the opposite way, and they might need Sasaki in that capacity by the time October rolls around. 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