Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is confident he'll return this season from a strained rotator cuff, but there's a chance he might not be back.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto said Sunday he is confident about returning from a shoulder injury before the end of the season. “Of course,” he told Japanese reporters, with a chuckle. However, neither the Dodgers nor their star Japanese right-hander have yet set a target date for Yamamoto’s return, leaving his status unclear as MLB’s July 30 trade deadline approaches. “I just want to recover as quickly as possible,” Yamamoto said in Japanese, “and direct my rehabilitation in a way to make that happen.
Instead, the team finds itself in a “tricky” situation, as Roberts put it, with Yamamoto representing one of several key players whose ability to contribute come the postseason is unknown. That dynamic is unlikely to change before the deadline next Tuesday. “I don’t think we’ll learn a whole lot over the next 10 days, I don’t,” Roberts said of Yamamoto’s recovery. “It’s one of those things you want to do what’s best for Yoshinobu and make sure he’s healthy now and also the long term.
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