The Dodgers have gotten almost nothing but bad news on the pitching injury front this year.
On Tuesday, however, the storm clouds hovering over the staff might have finally — or at least partially — begun to clear.
It wasn’t just that Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out eight batters in a dazzling four-inning, one-run return from the injured list. Or that Tyler Glasnow took another step in his recovery from elbow tendinitis, throwing a bullpen session ahead of a scheduled simulated game later this week.
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Rather, for the first time in months, the team might actually be able to do more than dream about what a potential postseason rotation could look like.