The Los Angeles Dodgers had a dominant World Series run in 2024 despite the fact that they only had three starting pitchers healthy enough for the postseason.

To address this roster weakness, the offseason was spent retooling the ailing pitching roster. One of those key addition, two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell, has only made two starts for the Dodgers this season as he first landed on the injured list in early April.

The southpaw spoke on what this tumultuous experience has been like, and not exactly knowing his injury status at points during his time off.

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“For a while, I had no idea. It just hurt every time I threw a baseball,” he said. “I was kinda nervous, because I’ve never felt that. So I didn’t really know what was going on. And then like two weeks ago, I started to actually play catch with no pain. And I was like, wow. I started getting happy and excited.

“I think we can start moving. I don’t feel anything. All before that, every time I touched the baseball, the second I threw it, I could feel it. If it wasn’t the front, it was the back. If it wasn’t the back or the front, it was the side. It was just weird. I never felt that, even in my offseason. So I was just real confused. But now, very confident, feel great.”

The confidence is definitely promising as Snell gets closer to a return. The pitching roster is in need of any reinforcements, but a Cy Young-caliber pitcher that has historically improved as the season goes on seems ideal for the current Dodgers roster.

Pitching coach Mark Prior also remarked on the journey Snell has been on and how relieved he is to see him pain-free.

“Seeing Blake today live in front of us was great. His arm looks, for the first time probably all year, free and easy,” Prior said.

Snell doesn’t have an exact timeline to return, but he’s finally making significant progress over two-plus months on the shelf.

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