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Edwin Díaz and Blake Snell both completed bullpen sessions as they continue working their way back to the Dodgers’ active roster, per DodgerBlue.com. Blake Treinen also received an update as part of a broader injury rundown for the club. The article also notes that Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani are dealing with typical wear-and-tear issues that aren’t expected to threaten their long-term availability — good news on both fronts, though we already knew Betts’ wrist soreness was being treated as minor.

Díaz has been one of the more fascinating acquisitions of the Dodgers’ offseason. The former Mets closer — who earned 32 saves and posted a 1.31 ERA during his spectacular 2022 campaign — has had a turbulent few years since, battling knee injuries and inconsistency that made him available to Los Angeles at a reduced cost. When healthy, Díaz possesses one of the nastiest sliders in the sport and the kind of high-leverage experience that matters in October. Completing a bullpen session is a concrete step forward in his rehab timeline, and getting him back for the second half would give our bullpen a serious late-inning weapon. I’ll be watching closely to see if he progresses to live batting practice or a rehab assignment in the coming days.

Snell’s situation is equally important, though for different reasons. The left-hander won back-to-back Cy Young Awards in 2018 and 2023, establishing himself as one of the game’s elite starters when right. His stuff — a fastball that plays up with ride and a curveball that falls off the table — has never been the question. Health and command have always been the variables. For the Dodgers, who signed him knowing the upside was enormous, getting Snell through bullpen sessions and eventually back into the rotation could be transformative. Our starting pitching depth has been tested all season, and a healthy Snell slotting back in changes the calculus entirely for both the regular season stretch run and October.

Treinen, meanwhile, remains a key piece of the bullpen puzzle. The veteran right-hander has been a trusted arm for the Dodgers going back to the 2020 championship run, and his sinker-slider combination makes him one of the more effective ground-ball relievers in the league when he’s on the mound. Any progress on his return timeline matters for a relief corps that has been leaning heavily on a handful of arms.

The bigger picture here is encouraging. None of the current injuries are being described as season-threatening, and having both Díaz and Snell progressing through bullpen work at the same time suggests the Dodgers could get significant reinforcements in the second half without making a single trade. That doesn’t mean Andrew Friedman won’t be active at the deadline — he always is — but the internal returns from the IL could function like acquisitions in their own right. We’re in a good spot health-wise heading toward the break, and if these rehab timelines hold, the roster we roll out in late July could look meaningfully different from what we’ve been running out there recently.

Source(s): Staff (DodgerBlue.com) | First reported: July 3, 2026 2:14 PM UTC

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