""Shohei was up to it, feels good physically," Roberts said. "Wants the ball tonight.""
""We just didn't want to put him in harm's way," Roberts said. "It's not something where we got to the point where he's hurt or anything like that. It's back stiffness. So we feel that to not take this start will allow him to be able to start hopefully early next week.""
""For a guy who is a starter that's got a routine, that was going to pitch a couple days later, to then change course speaks a lot to what this team needs," Roberts said. "So I expect our guys to respond to that.""
Tyler Glasnow was scratched from the scheduled start because of back tightness and was removed from the rotation for the opener against Baltimore. The team described the issue as back stiffness rather than an acute injury and expects Glasnow to be ready to start early next week. Shohei Ohtani volunteered to take the short-notice start two days after his own scheduled turn was scratched due to illness. Ohtani will make his first start since Aug. 27 and the club indicated the outing could be shorter than usual. The move aims to give the team an immediate boost after a recent sweep in Pittsburgh.
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