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Blake Treinen is making progress toward beginning a rehab assignment, per Dodger Blue. The veteran reliever has reportedly experienced no setbacks in his recovery and could be heading out on a rehab stint soon — a welcome development for a bullpen that has leaned heavily on its available arms this season.

Treinen, now 38, has been one of the more quietly reliable relievers in the Dodgers’ bullpen when healthy over the past several seasons. He was a key piece of the 2020 World Series championship roster and came up huge in the 2024 postseason run as well, earning the trust of the coaching staff in the highest-leverage situations. His sinker-cutter mix remains effective when he’s right, generating ground balls and weak contact at a rate that most relievers envy. But availability has been the persistent issue — Treinen has dealt with a series of injuries dating back to 2022, including shoulder surgery that cost him nearly all of that season. Every time he returns, he reminds you why the Dodgers keep investing patience in him. The question is always whether the body will cooperate long enough to matter.

The timing here is significant. The Dodgers have already made major moves to shore up the pitching staff, bringing in Tarik Skubal via trade earlier this month and welcoming Blake Snell back from the 60-day injured list. Tyler Glasnow is currently working through his own rehab assignment and could rejoin the rotation in the coming weeks. If Treinen can get through his rehab assignment cleanly, the bullpen picture starts looking considerably deeper heading into September and beyond.

I’ll be honest — I’m cautiously optimistic here but not getting ahead of myself. We’ve been down this road with Treinen before, where progress reports sound encouraging and then something pops up. But the fact that there have been no setbacks is the right starting point, and the Dodgers clearly need him. Yohan Ramírez and the rest of the relief corps have done solid work, but adding a pitcher with Treinen’s postseason pedigree and ground-ball tendencies would be a real boost, especially in high-leverage spots late in games.

The bullpen has been a mix of promising and frustrating this year (and that’s putting it politely at times). Getting Treinen back healthy and effective — along with the rotation reinforcements already in motion — would give this team a pitching infrastructure that looks genuinely built for October. We’re not there yet, but the trajectory is pointing in the right direction. A rehab assignment in the next couple of weeks would be the next concrete step, and that’s what we’ll be watching for.

Source(s): Staff (Dodger Blue) | First reported: August 13, 2026 2:33 PM UTC

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