The Los Angeles Dodgers went from having too much pitching to not enough in a flash, amid the recent losses of Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell to injury.

Eric Lauer joins the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Toronto Blue Jays. Discover how this trade affects the team's current pitching staff.

Eric Lauer has had a rough start to 2026. The pitcher has repeatedly criticized the Blue Jays for how they’ve been using him. Proof that things didn’t go well? His former manager (John Schneider) went out of his way to publicly put him in his place—something he normally never does.

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell and All-Star Tyler Glasnow to injury in the same week. Thus, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman went to work and acquired left-hander Eric Lauer from the Toronto Blue Jays to give the team starting pitching depth.

Blake Snell will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Whether his return is expected to be about three months, like closer Edwin Díaz, or perhaps a shorter timetable depends on what Dr.