Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki last appeared for the team on May 9, spending the last three and a half months sidelined by a shoulder injury. But the rookie righty had an encouraging rehab start on Tuesday, showing signs of improvement.

Manager Dave Roberts is closely monitoring the situation. “Each start has been better,” he noted following Sasaki’s third rehab outing, per Dodgers reporter Bill Plunkett.

Roberts expects Sasaki to take the mound for the team’s Triple-A affiliate one more time. “And then it’ll be a real conversation on what it looks like for him potentially coming back to us,” Roberts said.

Roki Sasaki nearing return to Dodgers’ rotation

The first-year hurler joined a number of Dodgers pitchers on the injured list in mid May. Sasaki was then moved to

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