If it wasn’t already obvious, GM Mike Rizzo told reporters this weekend that Stephen Strasburg would not be pitching in the NLDS. Strasburg suffered a flexor mass strain upon returning to the rotation after three weeks on the DL dealing with right elbow soreness.
Though he’s thrown off flat ground and moved forward in his rehab, Strasburg hasn’t pitched since September 7th and there is a way to go before he’s game ready again, if he is at all this season. But he’s not likely to make it back for the Division Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.