Roki Sasaki gets the ball for LA coming off the best outing of his Dodgers career — 5.1 innings, 3 hits, 1 earned, 7 punchouts, 1 walk against the Phillies on May 30, with his fastball touching 100 for the first time this year. The 4.59 ERA still looks ugly, but the underlying stuff is finally showing up. Reid Detmers (2-5, 4.63) is the reported counter for the Halos.
The Dodgers' rotation is a triage unit at this point — Snell, Glasnow, Stone, Miller and Knack are all on the shelf — so a healthy, throwing-100 Sasaki isn't a luxury, it's the plan. Max Muncy passed concussion testing but is out tonight with a sore nose, per Bob Nightengale, which is a sentence you don't write very often.
- Day-To-DayJorge Soler DH — Soler went 3-for-5 with a triple, two RBI and a run scored in Monday's 9-8 loss to the Rockies.
- Day-To-DayZach Neto SS — Neto (neck) isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DaySam Bachman RP — Bachman has been unavailable for the past few days due to an illness, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
- 10-Day-ILNolan Schanuel 1B — Schanuel (ankle) will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Friday.
- 10-Day-ILYoan Moncada 3B — Moncada isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILTravis d'Arnaud C — D'Arnaud (foot) told reporters Saturday that he does not have a timetable for his return from the 10-day injured list, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILBen Joyce RP — Manager Kurt Suzuki said Tuesday that Joyce (shoulder) has resumed his throwing program in Arizona, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILYusei Kikuchi SP — Kikuchi (shoulder) said Wednesday that he's slated to begin a throwing program soon and expressed hope that he'll be able to return to the Angels early in the second half of the season, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DayMax Muncy 3B — Muncy passed concussion testing Thursday and has been diagnosed with a sore nose, but he will not play Friday against the Angels, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
- 10-Day-ILTeoscar Hernandez LF — Hernandez (hamstring) said Saturday that he expects to return from the injured list in about a month, Jack Harris of the California Post reports.
- 10-Day-ILEnrique Hernandez 1B — Hernandez is expected to be out for 6-to-8 weeks after sustaining a "significant tear" of his left oblique during Tuesday's 15-6 win over the Rockies, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
- 15-Day-ILBrock Stewart RP — Stewart faced live hitters early this past week but is still experiencing discomfort in his left foot, MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILTyler Glasnow SP — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts relayed Saturday that Glasnow (back) "hasn't gotten over the hump" to increase his throwing progression beyond playing catch, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
- 60-Day-ILBobby Miller SP — Miller (shoulder/back) will resume throwing off the mound this week, Cody Snavely of DodgersBeat.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILGavin Stone SP — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed Tuesday that Stone has been unable to ramp up his throwing without feeling soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder, Cody Snavely of DodgersBeat.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILBrusdar Graterol RP — Graterol (shoulder) underwent surgery recently for a back injury he suffered while on a rehab assignment, Jack Harris of the California Post reports.
The Angels list is the bigger problem. Zach Neto's neck has him day-to-day, Nolan Schanuel is starting a rehab assignment at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, and Travis d'Arnaud, Yusei Kikuchi, Ben Joyce and Robert Stephenson are all parked on the 60-day IL. They did just drop 11 on the Rockies on Wednesday, so the bats aren't dead — they just have to do it against a Sasaki who actually looks like the guy Tokyo sent over.
LA's been chewing through the NL West and just took 3 of 4 from Arizona, even if they dropped the finale 3-2 on Thursday. The Angels won their last out on the road trip but lost the series to Colorado before that. On paper this is a get-right spot for the Dodgers; in practice the Freeway Series has a way of being weirder than the records suggest.