SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – The Los Angeles Dodgers do not expect two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell to be ready for Opening Day as he works to recover from a shoulder injury that lingered from last season.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters Friday that the left-hander has been pitching on flat ground, not on the mound, and is making progress.
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Snell was limited to 11 games last year in the regular season, going 5-4 with a 2.35 ERA. He went 3-2 in six postseason starts and helped the Dodgers repeat as World Series champions.
In a spring training game against San Francisco, right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on five hits and struck out five in three innings. Yamamoto will travel to Japan for the World Baseball Classic with his Dodgers teammate Shohei Ohtani.