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Andy Pages is progressing through his injury rehab with on-field work, hitting off the tee as part of his recovery protocol, while Roki Sasaki is nearing a return to action, per staff at Dodger Blue. The injury status updates provide some optimism for rotation depth and outfield options heading into the final month of the season, though both players remain unavailable for immediate action.

Pages has been a productive contributor when healthy, capable of playing center field or corner outfield and providing offensive value as a right-handed bat capable of gap power. His injury has removed outfield depth at a critical juncture. The fact that he’s now hitting off the tee suggests the organization is moving beyond pure rehab exercises and progressing toward baseball-specific activity. Full return likely remains weeks away, but progress is progress. Getting Pages back into the mix would give Roberts flexibility in the outfield and another offensive weapon off the bench as depth runs low across the roster.

Sasaki is a premium talent who has been sidelined, and his return to pitching availability would provide another legitimate rotation arm to compete with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Tarik Skubal, and the emerging depth of Emmet Sheehan. A healthy Sasaki gives the organization the kind of high-end rotation depth that teams need heading into October. If he can return soon and shake off rust quickly, he becomes another piece of the puzzle for a rotation already stretched thin by injuries.

The Dodgers currently have Edwin Díaz and Kris Bubic on rehab assignments as well, further evidence that the organization is managing multiple injury situations simultaneously while trying to keep pieces available for September and October. For the roster right now, we’re moving forward with the healthy arms and healthy bats we have. But with Pages hitting off tee and Sasaki nearing return, there’s a pipeline of potential reinforcements coming. Whether any of them arrive in time to make a meaningful impact in September depends on how quickly they can progress. The next two weeks will determine whether these injury recoveries create depth advantages or simply arrive too late to matter.

Source(s): Staff (Dodger Blue) | First reported: September 8, 2026 3:15 PM UTC

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