The chances of Brusdar Graterol rejoining the Dodgers bullpen for the stretch run and into October have increased, as the right-hander will start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, per the beat writers on-site at Chase Field in Phoenix.

Tuesday is also when Yoshinobu Yamamoto will make his second rehab start for Oklahoma City, who is home to face Sugar Land, the Astros’ Triple-A affiliate.

Graterol, who faced hitters before Saturday’s game in Arizona, last pitched for the Dodgers on August 6, suffering a hamstring strain that was first feared to be season-ending. But his condition improved.

“Considering where he was after his first outing back with us, and to have this conversation about early September, it’s great,” manager Roberts said at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. “Brusdar has just been so valuable for us each year, and in the postseason.”

Shohei Ohtani reached another milestone on Friday, becoming the first player in major league with at least 43 home runs and 43 stolen bases in one season.

Earlier this week, Mike Petriello at MLB.com looked into the seasons of Ohtani and Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Judge.

“It’s not enough, apparently, to have one all-time player doing something unprecedented. We have two,” Petriello wrote. “At the same time. It might be easy to overlook how special that is.”

Jay Jaffe at FanGraphs dug into Ohtani’s power-speed season, and looked at other MLB players with a chance at 30-30 this year, as well as José Ramírez having a change to join Ohtani in the 40-40 club.

Rob Mains at Baseball Prospectus dug into the data and found that pitchers no longer hitting has altered the league-wide distribution of when runs scored (by inning) just a little bit.

“That stuff you hear about the importance of scoring in the first? Well, it’s still important, just not as important as it used to be,” Mains wrote. “Without an automatic out in the lineup in subsequent innings, scoring in the third through sixth innings—before those inning 7-8-9 relievers take the stage—is just as fruitful.”

Richard Staff for Defector talked to several folks, including a number of current and former players, about how minor league roster limits have widened the talent gap between Triple-A and the majors.

“In baseball, every move is supposed to be made with future benefits in mind,” Staff wrote. “In the case of the cap on minor league employment, though, that pursuit of a better future is nowhere to be found. The short-term benefit—some marginal cost savings on minor league salaries, mostly—comes with obvious long-term risks for both the strength of the minor league product and the broader endeavor of developing future big-leaguers.”