Max Muncy is back with four RBI’s in Dodgers’ rout of Cardinals
It might be a cliché this time of year, how injured players who return after the trade deadline can serve as de facto deadline acquisitions…
Things are finally turning around for Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki
Between now and October, the Dodgers will be evaluating their increasingly healthy pitching staff, trying to identify the best 13 arms for their World Series…
Josue De Paula wants to be a Dodger ‘for a very long time’
ATLANTA — The center fielder for the Dodgers’ Class A Great Lakes affiliate is a former first-round draft pick. The other two outfielders were selected for the…
How a light bulb moment made Max Muncy a ‘complete hitter’ again
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The glasses might’ve come first. But it was a light bulb moment with the swing that made the most profound change.Just over a…
‘More animated’ Shohei Ohtani shows Dodgers different side on mound
With his arm forming a 90-degree angle at his elbow, Shohei Ohtani clenched his right hand like an umpire signaling an out.The actual home-plate umpire,…
Dodgers will finally get the complete Shohei Ohtani experience
On the field, he’s produced the first 50-50 season in baseball history and won a World Series. Off it, he’s sold everything from unsweetened green…
Mike Erspamer of San Clemente shuts down hitters in Sea View League
Left-handed pitcher Mike Erspamer of San Clemente High completed Sea View League competition by throwing 27-2/3 scoreless innings in helping the Tritons clinch the league…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto can be first Japanese pitcher to win Cy Young
Yoshinobu Yamamoto can win the National League Cy Young Award.The possibility of Yamamoto doing that has felt increasingly real every time he has stepped on…
How ‘torpedo’ bats became the fascination of baseball — even for ex-Dodger Eric Gagné
In his playing days, Eric Gagné’s objective was simple.“My job was to break bats,” the former Dodgers closer, and 2003 Cy Young Award winner, joked…
When will Shohei Ohtani pitch for Dodgers? ‘We just don’t know’
A month ago, Dave Roberts was asked if the Dodgers’ hope was for Shohei Ohtani to be back in the team’s pitching rotation by May…
Roki Sasaki’s first official Dodgers outing is a rousing success
PHOENIX — It all came as advertised.The 99-mph heat. The late-diving, hard-biting splitter. The overwhelming, if still raw, stuff that many expect will make him a future…
Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller on mend from liner to head
PHOENIX — The mere sight of a pitcher getting hit in the head by a line drive would make Bobby Miller so squeamish he couldn’t bear to…
Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki pleased with first live session of spring
PHOENIX — Everywhere Roki Sasaki looked Wednesday afternoon, curious eyes stared back at him.Facing hitters for the first time in Dodgers camp this spring, and still just…
How Blake Snell is helping Bobby Miller in Dodgers camp
PHOENIX — Wherever Bobby Miller has gone so far during Dodgers spring training, Blake Snell has usually been nearby.Over the first week of camp at Camelback Ranch,…
Four things to watch as the Dodgers begin 2025 spring training
PHOENIX — Ninety-nine percent. According to Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projection system, that is the Dodgers’ likelihood of making the playoffs this year. A whopping 99.4%,…
Tommy Brown dies; youngest MLB home-run hitter and 1947 Dodger was 97
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn…
Dodgers pivot to Michael Conforto after Juan Soto agrees to record deal with Mets
On the eve of MLB’s Winter Meetings, two left-handed-hitting outfielders found new homes on the free agent market.One was the biggest name in the sport…
Dodgers hope bullpen will carry them vs. Mets in NLCS Game 6
The cost of the Dodgers’ reluctance to use their top relievers in “minus” games, as manager Dave Roberts likes to say, became clear in Game…
Dodgers can’t complete comeback in NLDS Game 3 loss to Padres
SAN DIEGO — In the run-up to this week’s National League Division Series, it was the quietest player on the Dodgers roster who delivered the most…
Shohei Ohtani deserves MVP over Francisco Lindor after 50-50 feat
Everything about him is unanimous.He’s the best player in baseball history. He just had the best offensive day in baseball history. He’s having the best…