Dodgers' depth pieces step up: 'It felt good to deliver'
WASHINGTON -- Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani, who casually hit a homer with a 118.7 mph exit velocity, are good enough to beat most teams on any given night. That’s just how good the Dodgers’ trio of former Most Valuable Player Award winners is.
Ohtani destroys 118.7 mph homer for hardest of his career
WASHINGTON -- In his first couple of months with Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani has awed his new teammates and coaches with what he’s capable of achieving at the plate. For years, the Dodgers have admired Ohtani from afar, but now they get to experience it on a daily basis. What
Taking stock of the Dodgers' last homestand
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2024's best Minor League bobbleheads from every farm system
There are a kajillion reasons to love baseball -- especially Minor League Baseball. The bobblehead, which has been greeted with an enthusiastic "Yes" from baseball fans at least since MLB put out a set featuring the likes of Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays in 1960, combines many of
Ohtani passes Matsui for most HRs by Japanese-born MLB player
LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani has done a lot to raise the bar in his career, changing what we even think of as possible in baseball. Now, he’s set the new standard for Japanese slugging excellence in MLB. Facing Mets right-hander Adrian Houser in the third inning of the Dodgers'
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Glasnow comes up 'huge' when Dodgers need it
LOS ANGELES -- There’s really no such thing as a must-win game in April. But the Dodgers sure felt like they needed to win on Sunday. Playing the finale of a nine-game homestand, they’d already dropped their third straight series at home for the first time since Aug. 3-22, 2018,
Dodgers still trying to right ship: 'We believe in ourselves in here'
LOS ANGELES -- If you told the Dodgers, who had lost four of their last five, that Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman would reach base a combined 12 times on Saturday, chances are everyone in the building would’ve guessed Los Angeles rolled to an easy win. But when
What Buehler's rehab progression means for Dodgers
This story was excerpted from Juan Toribio’s Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. LOS ANGELES -- Over the past 10 days, the Dodgers have been looking for more consistency out of their starting pitching staff. During that
Dodgers' bats fall silent in Knack's debut
LOS ANGELES -- As the outs kept piling up, there was almost a sense of disbelief around Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers’ potent offense has proven time and time again that getting 27 outs against them doesn’t usually come very easily. But for the first time in 2024, the Dodgers’ offense
Prospects who could be impact callups -- 1 for each team
We've already seen several noteworthy callups in this young season. The biggest came when the Orioles promoted the best prospect in baseball, Jackson Holliday, on April 10. The Dodgers summoned fellow Top 100 prospect Andy Pages on Tuesday to bolster their outfield. When Justin Steele strained a hamstring on Opening
Dodgers searching for ways to return to 'complete game' form
LOS ANGELES -- When the Dodgers were in the middle of their historic offseason, which included spending over $1 billion in contracts, most people assumed they would just steamroll opponents for six months given the star power on the roster. The reality, of course, is that the Dodgers, just like
Betts on another level: 'I can't not put in the work'
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers came into Tuesday’s game against the Nationals in a little bit of a funk. They had lost four of their last five games and hadn't had a convincing win in quite some time. That’s exactly when teams turn to their superstars to provide a lift.
Pages cracks first MLB hit on first pitch he sees
LOS ANGELES -- With the Dodgers looking for a spark in the lineup, they decided to give Andy Pages their No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline and the No. 94 overall prospect in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100, a chance in the Majors. Pages impressed everyone in big-league camp this spring,
What to expect from Andy Pages
Teams never can have too much power. The Dodgers entered Tuesday with more home runs (25 in 19 games) than any other big league team, then added more pop by calling up one of the most accomplished sluggers in the Minor Leagues. Though Los Angeles hasn't had any difficulty scoring
Dodgers' Jackie Robinson Day tradition grows stronger
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Erskine, who threw 2 no-nos and fought for human rights, dies at 97
Carl Erskine, who pitched in five World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers, passed away at Anderson Community Hospital in his hometown of Anderson, Ind., early Tuesday morning. He was 97. Over his 12-year career, spent entirely with the Dodgers, Erskine went 122-78 with a 4.00 ERA, earning an All-Star nod
'They're going to be better': Dodgers' starters in tough stretch
LOS ANGELES -- His last time out, Tyler Glasnow was nearly unhittable en route to striking out 14 batters in Minnesota. In every way, he showed exactly why the Dodgers made it a priority to trade for him this winter and immediately locking him up to a long-term deal. As
Dodgers, Nats unite to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day in LA
LOS ANGELES -- Taking a trip to the Jackie Robinson statue in the center field plaza has become one of the most powerful traditions at Dodger Stadium on April 15, the day when all of Major League Baseball honors the life of the man who broke the color barrier in
Why Jackie has two Hall of Fame plaques
There is no place quite like the Plaque Gallery at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. It’s easy to lose yourself in the 3,660-square-foot centerpiece to the museum that tells a history of the game, highlighting accomplishments one by one for the almost 350 members enshrined. Nearly
Remembering how Jackie helped 'sear America's conscience'
Six days earlier, at Ebbets Field, Jackie Robinson had worn the home whites of his Brooklyn Dodgers and doubled and scored three runs in his first AL/NL All-Star Game. It was July 1949, the middle of Robinson’s third season with the Dodgers. And while the great experiment that was Jackie’s
Hershiser purchases 'Grace' painting featuring Jackie, other icons
A famed piece of art depicting Jackie Robinson has a new and familiar owner for Jackie Robinson Day, but the painting is staying put in the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City. Dodgers great Orel Hershiser, the 1988 NL Cy Young winner and a current broadcaster for the team, has
Power Rankings: Surprise club jumps up 12 spots
One of the most famous, if amusing, images in baseball history is George Brett sprinting out of the Yankee Stadium dugout screaming at anyone resembling an umpire after they called him out for having too much pine tar on his bat in 1983. (Imagine if that happened today. The GIFs