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The Los Angeles Dodgers are already running low on starting pitchers as Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow are both on the injured list. More news: Dodgers Re-Acquire Pitcher From 2024 Championship ...

With Roki Sasaki injured and other Dodgers pitchers on various states of rehab, combined with a busy schedule, filling innings over the next four weeks presents a difficult challenge.

Glasnow was diagnosed with shoulder inflammation after leaving Sunday’s game after just one inning. The Dodgers are looking for answers in a depleted starting rotation.

Jim Alexander: It is amazing, isn’t it? The Dodgers are 31-19, the third-best team in baseball right now (Detroit is 33-17 and Philadelphia 31-18 as of Thursday afternoon), and they’re leading the rugged National League West by two games with … what, 40% of their starting rotation healthy and functional? Or is my math off slightly?

Given his ability to log multiple innings and the Dodgers’ need for starting pitching ... Casparius possibly joins the Dodgers rotation, if that change is made at all. “I think right now ...

There is another possibility that a change of scenery and going from a bottom-tier team to a World Series contender could rejuvenate him. Whichever one it is, the Dodgers should take the chance on ...