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The Dodgers activated Tyler Glasnow from the 60-day injured list ahead of Tuesday’s series opener against the Atlanta Braves, per Dodger Blue. In a corresponding move, Paul Gervase was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City. The club had an open spot on the 40-man roster — created when Jonathan Hernández was designated for assignment — and Glasnow’s activation fills it completely.

This is a big one. Glasnow has been one of the most electric arms in baseball when healthy, and that qualifier has always been the sticking point. The tall right-hander signed with the Dodgers as a marquee addition to a rotation that was already deep on paper, but injuries have kept him from building sustained momentum at the big-league level this season. His rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City (his last game there came on August 19) was the final checkpoint before this activation. Now he’s back on the active roster with roughly five weeks left in the regular season — plenty of time to build up his pitch count and find his rhythm before October. The stuff has never been the question with Glasnow. The fastball-slider combination is devastating when he’s right. The question is always durability, and the Dodgers are clearly betting that the extended IL stint and careful rehab have him in a good place physically.

Gervase, for his part, did what was asked of him during his time on the MLB roster. The right-hander provided some bullpen depth in a stretch where the Dodgers needed warm bodies to absorb innings, and he’ll continue to pitch at Oklahoma City. There’s no shame in being the guy who gets sent down when a frontline starter comes back — that’s just how the roster math works.

The 40-man roster being full is something to keep an eye on. Any future moves — whether it’s a September call-up, a waiver claim, or another activation — will require a corresponding 40-man roster spot. The Dodgers have already moved Hernández off the roster via DFA to create the space for Glasnow, so they don’t have a lot of flexibility right now. Andrew Friedman and the front office will need to be strategic about how they manage the roster over the next few weeks, especially with September roster expansion approaching and several other players potentially returning from injury.

For the rotation, Glasnow’s return is a significant boost. The Dodgers already have Blake Snell, Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki in the mix, plus Shohei Ohtani‘s pitching return looming. Adding a healthy Glasnow to that group gives them arguably the deepest starting rotation in baseball heading into the postseason — and that’s not hyperbole. There will be tough decisions to make about how everyone slots in, but those are the kinds of problems you want. I’d much rather have too many good arms than not enough.

The timing matters here. Getting Glasnow back now gives him roughly five or six starts before the postseason to find his groove, work through any rust, and build confidence. That’s a meaningful runway. If he’s sharp, this rotation goes from very good to genuinely historic in terms of talent depth. We’ve been waiting for this one, and now we get to see what he looks like in a Dodgers uniform down the stretch.

Source(s): Staff (Dodger Blue) | First reported: August 25, 2026 6:34 PM UTC

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