“You’re looking at over three weeks (without pitching) right now, so there has to be a bill,” Roberts said.
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“So I just don’t know. I don’t think anyone can kind of foresee what that looks like.”
The front office remains optimistic Ohtani will pitch later this season, potentially using short rehab outings as in 2025.
“Given where we’re at in the calendar, if the knee continues to get better, the arm continues to feel better, I would expect him to pitch,” Roberts said.
The Dodgers also await pitching reinforcements from Blake Snell, scheduled for a Class-A rehab start Wednesday, and Tyler Glasnow, who is throwing live sessions.
“I feel very confident,” Roberts said. “Obviously with Snell being more built up, everything that I’m hearing from the medical staff.
I think Tyler is in a really good spot physically, on his way back to going out.
And then Shohei, I just think that we’re trying to be prudent.
So overall, in total, I feel very good for the rest with all three of these guys as starting pitchers.”
In roster moves, utility player Kiké Hernández returned Tuesday from a severe oblique strain after hyperbaric chamber treatment and a stem-cell injection.
Hernández recounted a panic attack after the injury.
“Sitting in traffic, I had to call my wife, and I could barely talk,” Hernández said. “But I was like, ‘Look, this is what happened.
I don’t know what’s going on with my body. Maybe I’m too old.’”
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Closer Edwin Díaz is set to return Wednesday following elbow surgery, and catcher Will Smith has resumed baseball activities after recovering from neck disc inflammation.
