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Bobby Miller and Gavin Stone have both started rehab assignments with Triple-A Oklahoma City, per Dodger Blue. The two right-handers join a growing list of Dodgers arms working their way back, as the rotation continues to deal with significant absences. Blake Snell is likely to rejoin the big league club this week, but Shohei Ohtani remains sidelined with a left knee injury that’s progressing slowly, and Tyler Glasnow is still in the early stages of his own rehab assignment.

Miller, the Dodgers’ former first-round pick out of Louisville in 2022, burst onto the scene in 2023 with a promising rookie campaign that made him look like a long-term rotation anchor. But 2024 was rough — shoulder issues derailed his season, his stuff dipped, and he bounced between the majors and minors while trying to find his footing again. The stuff has always been there: a fastball that can sit mid-90s with plus life, a sharp slider, and a changeup that flashes above-average. The question with Miller has never been about talent. It’s been about health and consistency. Getting him stretched out and building confidence in a Triple-A environment before a potential return to the Dodgers rotation is the right approach. We need him pitching like the guy who looked unhittable in spurts during his debut, not the version who was getting knocked around while clearly not right physically.

Stone’s path has been different but no less important to this team. He established himself as a reliable mid-rotation arm, someone who pounds the zone with a sinker-slider combination and lets the defense work behind him. He’s never going to be a high-strikeout pitcher, but he doesn’t need to be — Stone’s game is about efficiency, weak contact, and eating innings. That’s exactly what this rotation is starving for right now. When he’s healthy and locating, he’s a guy who can give you six or seven quality innings on a regular basis, and that kind of reliability has been in short supply.

The broader rotation picture is what makes these rehab assignments so critical. We’re running on fumes in terms of starting pitching depth. Ohtani’s knee recovery is moving at a pace that doesn’t inspire confidence for any near-term return, and Glasnow is still early enough in his rehab that penciling him in for a specific date feels premature. Snell’s expected return this week helps, but one arm doesn’t solve the problem when you’ve been leaning on depth options and bullpen games to fill gaps. Getting both Miller and Stone back — even if it takes a few more weeks of minor league work to build them up properly — would go a long way toward stabilizing things heading into September.

I’ll be watching Miller’s velocity and command closely in these outings. If the fastball is sitting where it should and the slider has its bite back, that’s a guy who can slot right into this rotation and make a real impact down the stretch and potentially into October. Stone is more of a known commodity at this point — if he’s healthy, he’s useful. Miller is the one with the higher ceiling and the wider range of outcomes. Both of them getting back on a mound in competitive games is genuinely good news during a stretch where we’ve been short on it.

Source(s): Staff (Dodger Blue) | First reported: August 7, 2026 9:10 PM UTC

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