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Tyler Glasnow is set to return to the Dodgers’ rotation on Tuesday, per MLB.com staff. The right-hander has been working his way back through Triple-A Oklahoma City and is now lined up to slot back into the big league rotation as the club’s pitching staff begins to take its intended shape heading into the stretch run.

Glasnow’s absence has been one of the more frustrating storylines of the 2026 season. When healthy, he’s one of the most dominant arms in baseball — a power pitcher who can miss bats at elite rates with a fastball that touches triple digits and a breaking ball that buckles knees. The Dodgers committed significant resources to keep him in Los Angeles, and getting him back on the mound in a meaningful capacity has been the goal all along. His recent work at Triple-A was designed to build him back up to a starter’s workload, and by all accounts that process has gone smoothly enough to target a specific return date.

Tuesday’s return also comes at a time when the Dodgers’ rotation is starting to look like the juggernaut we expected at the start of the season. Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tarik Skubal were both strategically held back from the recent Coors Field trip — a smart, forward-thinking move that underscores how carefully the front office is managing its arms down the stretch. Roki Sasaki continues to hold down a rotation spot, and Shohei Ohtani recently completed a live batting practice session that was described as a “really positive” step toward his own pitching return. Adding Glasnow back into that mix gives the Dodgers a rotation depth chart that is genuinely terrifying.

I want to be clear about what this means practically. Glasnow returning on Tuesday doesn’t mean he’s immediately going to be stretched out to seven innings and 100 pitches. There will likely be some kind of workload management early on — that’s standard procedure for any pitcher coming back from an extended absence. But even a Glasnow operating on a pitch count or an innings limit is a massive upgrade. His stuff plays at any volume.

The broader picture here is that the Dodgers are assembling their October rotation in real time. When you look at what’s available — or about to be available — the depth is staggering. Blake Snell is already in the mix. Glasnow slots back in Tuesday. Ohtani is progressing toward a mound return. That’s on top of Yamamoto, Skubal, and Sasaki. Not every one of those arms will be at full strength or fully built up by the time the postseason arrives, but the Dodgers are positioning themselves to have legitimate options and flexibility that almost no other team in baseball can match.

For now, Tuesday is the date circled on the calendar. Getting Glasnow back healthy and pitching well would be one of the most important developments of the second half for this team. The rotation is rounding into form at exactly the right time.

Source(s): Staff (MLB.com) | First reported: August 23, 2026 3:01 AM UTC

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