Calling Snell's elbow procedure a surgery is technically correct, but honestly it's a preventative maintenance sort of thing that couldve been done last offseason. Then again, May-July seems to be also part of Snell's offseason. Both Snell and Glasnow missed a bunch of time last season, magically had no setbacks ramping up to get stretched out into September and the playoffs. Its rinse and repeat this year. They are timing some of these guys going on the 60 day IL knowing they wont need them until late August/stretch run, and they've got zero problems paying guys $40+ million a year to take 2 months of the season off. Plus they can time their return to happen after they use prospect capital to add someone like Skubal to their rotation, and then avoid losing those type of players via DFA's for nothing if they would've had to activate Snell or Glasnow in late June or early July.
My larger point is the current economic system and roster rules have allowed the Dodgers and only the Dodgers to make a complete farce of a 162 game regular season,