Tyler Glass-Now (3-0. 2.72) vs. Pliny the Bryce Elder (8-7, 3.92).
Holy smokes, here's yet another Dodger starting-pitcher-turned-asbentee who is returning to the mound in late August! With Tyler Glasnow playing the role of Blake Snell tonight, in a game with playoff seeding implications, I'm very curious to see how Glasnow shows up against this opposing pitcher.
In fact, I may need one of these:
Blake Snell (1-1, 3.60) vs. Lake Bachar (1-2, 3.75).
Listening to David Vassegh on the radio call yesterday, as he accompanied Tim Neverett and subbed for Rick Monday, was painful. Not only was Vassegh ineffective as a color commentator, he also took it upon himself to continue expressing his man-crush on Blake Snell, today's starter.
Breathless with anticipation over Snellzilla's start, Vassegh overlooked Tarik Skubal's 11-K, seven-inning performance Saturday (Skubal's first win as a Dodger), and instead pointed out Snell's baseball-savant intellect. Hey, I'd take some classes too if I was taking four months off of work each year.
Skubal and Snell both had Skubal-scope surgery this season. Skubal, a trade deadline pickup for the Dodgers, has as many wins as Snell as a Dodger this season, on top of seven wins for the Tigers this season. Skubal's 2026 Dodger ERA (3.38) is better than Snell's (3.60).
And Skubal's WAR as a Dodger (0.4) is double that of Snell's (0.2), who has been a Dodger all season long and not just in the month of August.
Blake Snell earns $28M this year. He doesn't play for two-thirds of the season.
So he'd better come to pitch, every one of these minimal outings.
Tarik Skubal (7-7, 2.85) vs. Jared Jones (2-5, 4.78).
With last night's gut-punch news that Andy Pages' HBP has fractured his hand (Pages will be out four to six weeks), the Dodgers have no choice but to expect our $60M embarrassment, Kyle Tucker (WAR: 0.0), to finally get off the schneid and hit.
Tucker can't play defense anywhere close to Pages, so moving him to center field won't be an option (looks like Tommy Edman and Kiké Hernandez will get starts in center). But if he could just hit ahead of his .230 average (worst of all Dodger regulars), maybe we can survive these next four months.
Man, this is a bummer.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7, 2.60) vs. Bubba Chandler (6-8, 4.23).
Our old friends the Pirates roll into town today. They're 5.5 games out of the wild card and would have to vault four other teams to get there. But hey, a lot can get resolved in a half-hour sitcom, so who knows what can happen in a three-hour game? Or a three-game series?
(cue laugh track)
Roki Sasaki (5-5, 4.46) vs. Kyle Freeland (4-10, 6.27).
Kyle Tucker got a RBI yesterday.
Even a blind squirrel can find a nut every once in a while.
Eric Lauer (7-6, 4.67) vs. Ryan Feltner (5-6, 5.59).
Hey, the Dodgers' bats finally emerged from their deep freeze, in yesterday's 11-5 victory! And Edwin Diaz can actually finish the game, when stoked to a nine-run lead (he gave up three runs and four hits in another pathetic outing).
Now if Kyle Tucker (0-for-5, now batting .230) or Teoscar Hernandez (0-for-4 with 2 Ks) could finally start hitting...well, we may have something here.
Alas, that's still just a fantasy tale.
Blake Snell (0-1, 5.00) vs. Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5, 4.43).
The Dodgers' beatdown against the Brewers continued on Saturday, marking a four-game series in which the Dodgers' frozen bats mustered only 10 runs against the Brewers. It's pretty pathetic.
So maybe Coors Field is the remedy. Heck, we may as well try.
Tarik Skubal (7-6, 2.93) vs. Logan Henderson (6-2, 2.88).
The Dodgers have already demonstrated in this series that they are an inferior team to the Brewers. Milwaukee starts Logan today. And he'll probably only give up one run.
Justin Wrobleski (11-4, 3.44) vs. Jacob Misiorowski (11-5, 1.76).
Holy smokes, Edwin Diaz got a save last night! Sure, it was shaky, opening up with a HBP and loading the bases before Joey Ortiz grounded out to Mookie Betts. But that makes Diaz' seventh save of the season (versus four blown saves). We'll take it.
But tonight's game is the game of the series, with the Miz on the mound for Milwaukee. Can the sleepwalking Dodgers lineup wake up for a change? That would stop presses, indeed.
Yamamoto vs. Gasser.
I have not been impressed with Edwin Diaz.
And if this end-of-season period is a way for the Dodgers to get a look at their potential postseason roster, remember that Tanner Scott was dropped from the postseason roster last year.
Diaz should go try and figure this out elsewhere. We have games we need to win right now.
Time to stop f'ing around, Diaz. And Kyle Tucker. And Teo, and Mookie, and Pages (from the plate).
Sasaki vs. Drohan.
I'm still super-worried about Freddie Freeman after watching him take a plunge down the visitors' dugout staircase yesteeday, as he chased a foul ball. Here's hoping he is okay, as he has been the most consistent offensive force for us all year, amidst some bad 2026 performances.
Let's go, Dodgers!
Eric Lauer (6-6, 4.89) vs. Daniel Lynch IV (4-3, 2.45).
Two straight dramatic come-from-behind victories against the Royals, and the Dodgers must be feeling pretty good, right? With all that drama, I'm not surprised the Royals' starting pitcher today needs an IV.
Blake Snell whaaaaaaaaaat (0-1, 12.00) vs. Michael Wacha (5-8, 3.44).
First Edwin Diaz doesn't blow the save, and we get a win last night. Now, Blake Snell is actually starting a game for the Dodgers?!
What is going on here?!
Tarik Skubal (7-6, 2.81) vs. Noah Cameron (6-8, 4.37).
My god, we are just wretched offensively right now. And what the hell happened to Mookie Betts?
Justin Wrobleski vs Eduardo Rodriguez.
The long national nightmare might be over (the Dodgers finally won a game), but the offensive malaise continues, not to mention Edwin Diaz's incredible suckage.
Hoping for a series victory.
Seven-game losing streak. I can't even post at this stage.
Roki Sasaki vs. Merrill Kelly.
The Dodgers have lost six games in a row and, really, there is no hope left once the baseball gods are against you.
Eric Lauer (6-5, 4.50) vs. Shota Imanaga (7-9. 3.67).
The Dodgers are looking up at the Brewers now for the best record in baseball, thanks to a five-game losing streak that seems to have no sign of arresting, certainly not when new savior Tarik Skubal can't even stem the tide of negative momentum.
Tonight we are starting a guy that was highly-rumored to be departing the Dodgers at the trade deadline, in part because of his penchant for serving up meatballs that become opposing home runs. Yet here he is, still with a spot in the starting rotation.
Sigh.
Tarik Skubal (7-5, 2.79) vs. Javier Assad (6-1, 3.75).
The Tarik Skubal rental season opens up today for the Dodgers, who have been winless since they announced the blockbuster trade.
With this start, Skubal moves into a tie with Blake Snell for Dodger games started in 2026.
Just saying.
TBD vs. Matthew Boyd (6-1, 3.41).
With all the talk about Tarik Skubal's joining the Dodgers this past weekend, the facts are that the Dodgers have not won a single game since the news. So ease up, all you Dodger haters. There's still a lot of baseball to be played.
