Glasnow was convinced injuries were finally behind him after making 21 starts for Tampa Bay in 2023, but he went on the IL with elbow discomfort in mid-August and will miss the playoffs. He has been told his biomechanics are strong but a more compact delivery could lower the stress on his arm.
Calling his injury history “exhausting,” Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow is resigned to an offseason of mechanical adjustments once he can get to the bottom of the elbow sprain that ended yet another season prematurely.
Glasnow said he still hasn’t been told anything more specific than his diagnosis of a sprain. He will proceed on a recovery plan even if he won’t pitch in the playoffs, with more examinations and scans in the near future.
“I think re-image it, see if it’s healed, and then I think I’ll probably have to start throwing again or whatever, and just test it again and see if it holds up,” Glasnow said.
Glasnow did not say a surgical procedure was planned when asked.
Only when he is feeling better will he work on his plan for adjusted mechanics. At 6-foot-8 with long arms, Glasnow believes his frame has led to his injury-filled past.
“I know I have good mechanics (in) talking with a bunch of different people, and biomechanically everything is good,” Glasnow said. “I just think I have such a long extension, and I put so much stress on my arm being so long.”
His plan to alter those mechanics will have more to do with creating a more compact delivery.
“If there’s ways that I can maybe shorten up certain things in my delivery, or somehow just make my delivery more efficient and each start, I’m just trying to keep it as consistent over the course of a season as possible,” said Glasnow, who signed a five-year, $136.
