LOS ANGELES (AP) — Starting pitchers Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell had throwing sessions Friday that went well, lending optimism to a Los Angeles Dodgers’ staff battered by injuries.
Glasnow threw two innings in a simulated game at Dodger Stadium, where the NL West-leading Dodgers opened a three-game series against the second-place San Francisco Giants.
“I thought the stuff was really good,” manager Dave Roberts said. “The velocity was there, the swing-and-miss, the delivery. Talking to him afterward, he was really excited.”
Glasnow will throw another two innings next week.
Snell threw 20 to 25 pitches in a bullpen session.
“He came out of it really well,” said Roberts, who wasn't sure when Snell would throw next.
Reliever Blake Treinen also threw a bullpen and could return after the All-Star break next month, Roberts said. His plans include a few more 'pens before facing live hitters and going on a rehab assignment.
Working his way back from Tommy John surgery, Emmet Sheehan threw 3 1/3 innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Oklahoma City this week.
“The stuff was better than the linescore,” Roberts said, adding that a decision will be made this weekend on whether Sheehan makes another rehab start or rejoins the team.
Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will next throw a simulated game at the stadium, although Roberts wasn't sure when.
“There's still a progression that we're trying to get to make sure he feels comfortable,” the manager said.
Japanese rookie phenom Roki Sasaki is pain-free and keeping his arm active with light throwing, but hasn't made significant progress.
“I don’t know if it’s he’s feeling something or he just doesn’t have the confidence to kind of trust that he’s in a good spot,” Roberts said. “He's still kind of just moving his arm, but there’s not a whole lot of intensity right now.”
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FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow (31) exits during the second inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh, File)
A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.
A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.
The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”
Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.
Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.
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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
