{"id":79442,"date":"2025-07-15T07:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=79442"},"modified":"2025-07-15T07:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:02:21","slug":"breaking-dave-roberts-reveals-tentative-timeline-for-roki-sasakis-return-to-the-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=79442","title":{"rendered":"Breaking!! Dave Roberts reveals tentative timeline for Roki Sasaki&#8217;s return to the Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\"><strong>Will Roberts have to take back his comments again?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F75%2F01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Los Angeles Dodgers v Arizona Diamondbacks\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_92,w_3482,h_1958\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01k04x4jk9zmqen3dp73.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers v Arizona Diamondbacks\" width=\"3482\" height=\"1958\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Los Angeles Dodgers v Arizona Diamondbacks\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Los Angeles Dodgers v Arizona Diamondbacks | Christian Petersen\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\">\n<div id=\"mm-player-placeholder-large-screen\" class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-placeholder voltax-mp-placeholder-anchored floating\" data-is-split-view=\"false\">\n<div class=\"voltax-mp-container-anchored\">\n<div class=\"titleBar title-anchor\"><span class=\"title\"><span class=\"\">White Sox Trade Deadline Plans + Surprise Sellers to Watch \ud83d\udc40<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Dodgers fans have had to take anything Dave Roberts says about Roki Sasaki with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p>The same can be said for most of Roberts&#8217; injury updates, really, but Sasaki and Blake Snell are the two biggest question marks for LA.<\/p>\n<p>Snell is currently in Single-A on a rehab assignment, so he&#8217;s on his way, but it&#8217;s been unclear if Sasaki&#8217;s entire rookie season will turn out to be a wash or not.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts said at one point that the Dodgers were going to plan on life without him for the rest of the season,\u00a0only to turn around with a promising update hours later\u00a0and give fans hope that he actually would be back sometime this year.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s gone back and forth with very little\u00a0actual\u00a0progress being made, but now there&#8217;s finally some movement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Per Fabian Ardaya of the\u00a0<em>Athletic<\/em>, Sasaki has started throwing bullpen sessions and isn&#8217;t feeling any pain. Roberts even provided a loose timeline for a return in late August.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">We&#8217;ve seen how easily Dodgers pitchers can backslide in the early stages of their rehabs \u2014 both Snell and Tyler Glasnow have already done it this year \u2014 but it&#8217;s the first time that Roberts has actually been able to put something resembling a date on a return. for Sasaki.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\">Dave Roberts said Roki Sasaki has started throwing bullpen sessions and is feeling pain-free. Brought up a late August timetable for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabianArdaya\/status\/1944465457836388410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabianArdaya\/status\/1944465457836388410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Dave Roberts reveals tentative late-August timeline for Roki Sasaki&#8217;s return to Dodgers<\/h2>\n<p>As ugly as the last few weeks have been for the Dodgers, nothing really matters until the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres have slid to 5.5 games back going into the break; it&#8217;s still not a guarantee that the Dodgers will end up winning the NL West, especially\u00a0if they suffer any more seven-game skids.<\/p>\n<p>But LA&#8217;s chances of winning the World Series are still higher than any other team in baseball. They just need to get Sasaki a few more regular season starts in September to prepare him for October.<\/p>\n<p>There are also high personal stakes in this for Sasaki, who has already been written off as a bust by opposing fans after accumulating a 4.72 ERA in 34 1\/3 innings and really making it look like the Dodgers made a mistake not starting him the minors.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen what Sasaki can do under pressure on an international stage, when\u00a0he threw up to 102 MPH in the World Baseball Classic\u00a0and earned comparisons to a young Stephen Strasburg.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers fans are still waiting to see\u00a0that\u00a0guy, and becoming that guy in the postseason would be the perfect way for Sasaki to redeem himself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Roberts have to take back his comments again? 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