Tyler Glasnow does not need to know his role to feel ready for it. The Dodgers right-hander walked through how years of postseason work, in both the rotation and the bullpen, have left him comfortable with whatever Dave Roberts decides.

The groundwork came early. “I was fortunate enough to have a little bit of time in the bullpen with the Pirates to figure out, I think the routine part of it is always a little weird for starters that go straight into the pen,” Glasnow told Dodgers Territory. “You don't know when to get hot, when to not. So I had that figured out.”

“Whatever they need, I can do.”

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The harder adjustment was internal. Glasnow described the jolt of coming out of the bullpen as something entirely unlike a starter's build-up, and said managing it took discipline rather than aggression.

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“The adrenaline coming out of the bullpen is a lot different than as a starter. It's more of like a slow drip all day long as a starter,” he said. “If I was younger or less experienced, I would go out and be like, I have a lot of adrenaline, I can throw really hard, so I'm gonna try and throw really hard. I was actively like, okay, I know I have more adrenaline, I need to calm down emotionally and relax and just try to get back into the zone.”

He now treats the distinction as mostly cosmetic. “Once you go out and start competing and throwing to batters, you're not thinking about what you did before. It's just a matter of competing,” Glasnow said. “I'm not maybe as nervous to do different roles. I kind of just do whatever they need.”

That approach paid off in the 2025 postseason. Glasnow posted a 1.69 ERA across six appearances, half of them in relief, including 1 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen in the NLDS against Philadelphia before throwing six shutout innings in the series-clinching Game 4.

This year looks different. Roberts has indicated Glasnow will work as one of four starters alongside Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell, with a Game 4 start the likeliest scenario. The NLDS opens Saturday at Dodger Stadium.