Los Angeles Dodgers Activate Blake Snell

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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated left-handed pitcher Blake Snell from the injured list and placed right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart on the injured list with a left foot bone spur.

Snell, 33, will make his season debut tonight against the Braves. He made three rehab starts between Low-A Ontario and Triple-A Oklahoma City, going 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA and 10 strikeouts in eight innings. He made 11 starts for the Dodgers in 2025, posting a 2.35 ERA with a 1.255 WHIP in 61.1 innings. He helped the Dodgers to their ninth World Series Championship, recording three wins and 3.18 ERA in six postseason games, including eight scoreless innings in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. He is entering his 11th Major League season with stops in Tampa Bay (2016-20), San Diego (2021-23), San Francisco (2024) and Los Angeles (2025-), and he is 81-62 with a 3.15 ERA in 222 starts. The two-time Cy Young Award winner was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays (52nd overall) in the 2011 First Year Player Draft out of Shorewood High School (Wa).

Stewart, 34, pitched in two games for the Dodgers, tossing two scoreless innings and striking out three. He is in his eighth Major League season, spending parts with the Dodgers (2016-19, 2025-), Toronto Blue Jays (2019) and Twins (2023-25) and he is 10-5 with a 4.44 ERA with 193 strikeouts in 188.2 innings. He was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2014 First Year Player Draft out of Illinois State University.