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Left-hander Blake Snell<\/a> threw an inning of live batting practice at Dodger Stadium on Saturday before the Dodgers<\/a>\u2019 game against the Rangers, taking a new step in his rehab progression.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very big,\u201d Snell said. \u201c…To be able to face two good hitters and feel good \u2014 I\u2019ve got a lot of work to do still, but definitely a big step.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snell was delayed in his buildup entering spring training, after pitching through the postseason. He also dealt with shoulder issues last season, sidelined for about four months with what the Dodgers identified as inflammation in his left shoulder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel great,\u201d Snell said. \u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of different things than I did last year when I was in this position. So I feel way better. I\u2019m just very excited about how I feel right now, where I\u2019m at, getting back to some normalcy again feels really good. I just can\u2019t wait to pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

He revisited old workouts, added Pilates to his routine and changed his diet.<\/p>\n

Snell, an avid gamer, has also kept up his Twitch livestream activity while on the injured list. He recently responded to a harsh comment from a critic about his injury while streaming, cursing as he challenged anyone to match his World Series contributions amid pain. The clip naturally circulated widely on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to game with my people, then trolls want to get in there and got something to say,\u201d he said and then broke into a smile. \u201cI should watch my language a little bit, but outside of that, it was pretty true. I\u2019m going to have fun, going to be myself. I\u2019ve got to watch my language though. If my mom sees that. … She probably will.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s bracing for her call if she does.<\/p>\n

Snell will continue to build up his workload in a simulated game environment, before eventually leaving on a minor-league rehab assignment. He didn\u2019t say how many live BP sessions he\u2019d need before that next step.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got to talk to the jefes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sitting in the dugout, Snell nodded up to the field where some of those bosses \u2014 president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, general manager Brandon Gomes<\/a> and field manager Dave Roberts<\/a> \u2014 stood talking.<\/p>\n

Roberts later speculated that Snell would build up to about three innings before pitching in games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just miss pitching, it\u2019s what I love,\u201d Snell said. \u201cSo to be able to do that again, I was very excited coming to the field today. Like, I finally get to throw and pitch and see where I\u2019m at, see if I\u2019m good, bad, kind of figure myself out.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, he just wanted to throw strikes, see how his stuff played, and get feedback from utility player Tommy Edman<\/a> and outfielder Alex Call<\/a>, who faced him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next one I want to be more crisp, want to hit locations more,\u201d he said. \u201cI only have so many starts left before I\u2019m back. So I really have to hone in and make sure these weeks are very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Injury updates<\/p>\n

Edman, who underwent ankle surgery this offseason, is still on track to be activated around late May, Roberts said Saturday. In addition to taking live batting practice, he\u2019s been running, but not quite at full speed, according to Roberts.<\/p>\n

Shortstop Mookie Betts<\/a> (strained right oblique) played catch on the field before the game Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left-hander Blake Snell threw an inning of live batting practice at Dodger Stadium on Saturday before the Dodgers\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,85457,114,85456,2196,39,5213,14,85458,1165,4332,4333,34408,76082,774,57,3224,4331,12043,4,15454,1602,670,9482],"class_list":{"0":"post-673727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-baseball-operation-andrew-friedman","10":"tag-blake-snell","11":"tag-critic","12":"tag-dodger-stadium","13":"tag-dodgers","14":"tag-field","15":"tag-game","16":"tag-general-manager-brandon-gomes","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-la-dodgers","19":"tag-ladodgers","20":"tag-language","21":"tag-live-batting-practice","22":"tag-los-angeles","23":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","24":"tag-losangeles","25":"tag-losangelesdodgers","26":"tag-lot","27":"tag-mlb","28":"tag-pain","29":"tag-roberts","30":"tag-saturday","31":"tag-snell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116389423584105810","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}