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Justin Wrobleski is not expected to miss his next start after exiting Thursday’s win over the Pittsburgh Pirates with a hamstring injury, per Dodgers Blue. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts indicated that the left-hander should be fine to make his next turn through the rotation. Shohei Ohtani, who also left that game early with left knee inflammation, is expected to return to the lineup on Friday.

Wrobleski has been one of the more interesting stories in the Dodgers’ rotation this season. The young lefty came up through the system as a projectable arm with a solid mix, and he’s carved out a real role for himself in a rotation that has dealt with its share of health questions. Hamstring issues for a pitcher are always something you monitor closely — the lower half drives everything on the mound — but the early indication here is that this was more precautionary than anything structural. Roberts pulling him when he did was the right call. No reason to push it in a game that was well in hand.

As for Ohtani, we already covered the knee situation in detail, and the news continues to trend positive. Left knee inflammation sounds scarier than it apparently is, especially given his surgical history on that knee. Him being back in the lineup Friday is the best-case scenario and exactly what the Dodgers needed to hear. He’s the engine of this offense (and the rotation when he’s on the mound), so even a short absence would ripple through the entire operation.

The bigger picture here is that the Dodgers caught a real break with both of these exits. Thursday’s game looked like it could be the start of another brutal health spiral — two key players leaving early in the same game is the kind of thing that makes you hold your breath. Instead, we’re looking at zero missed time for either guy. That’s about as good as it gets in a sport where soft tissue injuries have a way of snowballing.

I’ll be watching Wrobleski’s next start closely regardless. Pitchers have a tendency to compensate when something doesn’t feel quite right, and that’s when secondary issues pop up. But if Roberts says he’s good, and the medical staff cleared him, we take the win and move on. This rotation needs all hands on deck, and keeping Wrobleski in his regular slot matters more than people might realize. Depth is what separates the teams that survive June from the ones that start sliding.

Source(s): Staff (Dodgers Blue) | First reported: June 12, 2026 4:10 PM UTC

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