In the excitement surrounding the success of the recent rehabilitation assignment of Los Angeles right-handed Lokisaki, there appears to be another hurdle that young right-handed people have to conquer.
Sasaki showed an increase in speed and command during his recent rehabilitation outing before joining the in LA last week, but is now dealing with what Dave Roberts called the “calf situation” that persisted during the outings mentioned earlier in Triple A.
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“He wanted to continue, he feels he needs to continue pitching,” Roberts said. “His delivery is in a good location. He let his tail go back to a good place where we are very excited.”
Sasaki makes another progression in Triple A before deciding whether or not he will re-enter the active roster and when he will re-emerge, but his re-emergence can present the with a new dilemma before the postseason.
The pitching room is not the same as Sasaki last time in May. The LA launch rotation has been recently lighted out and there is no guaranteed place when the 23-year-old returns.
The idea of Sasaki pitching out of the bullpen has been debated by Roberts, but he noted that it is a routine change for his younger pitchers, especially when consistency has been preached to him for quite some time.
“I think Loki is in a good place to do anything to help the team,” Roberts said. “It would be completely strange to him to (leave out of the bullpen), and that would have to be a bit of a leap of faith on his part.
“But I think he understands the starting pitcher is pitching, he just wants to be a part of it.
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