Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

MESA, Ariz. — MLB’s latest in-game addition appears to be a Dodgers weakness. The Dodgers are one of the worst teams in baseball this spring when it comes to the use of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System that will be used in regular season games for the first time. Heading into Sunday’s Cactus League […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers were unable to hold on to an early two-run lead and fell 6-4 to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Landon Knack gave up two runs on one hit and one walk in three innings and now has a 9.64 ERA over three […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two outs. Bases loaded. Bottom of the ninth. Game 7 of the World Series. Andy Pages stepped into a fantasy and walked out a hero. In the dream, of course, the victor is on offense, tossing away the bat with one arm raised. Pages made the scenario his own by pulling off […]

TOKYO — Defending champion Japan hit four home runs – two by Chicago Cubs slugger Seiya Suzuki – to beat South Korea 8-6 on Saturday and stay undefeated in Pool C of the World Baseball Classic. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox also homered for Japan. Ohtani’s homer followed […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers had a pair of three-run innings and eight pitchers gave up just three hits total, as they earned a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Left-hander Jackson Ferris did not make his scheduled start because of adductor soreness. … […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em – although for Santiago Espinal, his chance to impress in Dodgers camp this spring needed multiple twists of fate to come to fruition. An organization known for its love of versatile defenders, as well as its ability to jumpstart or revive careers, appears to have […]

TOKYO — This is the Shohei Ohtani effect. Ohtani put on a giant show in batting practice hours before he hit a grand slam in the second inning — in the first he doubled on the first pitch of the game but didn’t score — as Japan hammered Taiwan 13-0 on Friday in Pool C […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Four more years, Freddie Freeman says. The Dodgers first baseman wants to play until he’s 40, putting that out there as a soft target for retirement this spring. Mookie Betts doesn’t expect to sign another contract. The team’s outfielder-turned-shortstop is planning to walk away when this one expires in six more seasons. […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds combined to hit 10 home runs, including a walk-off, three-run homer by Rece Hinds that gave the Reds a 14-13 win on a windy Thursday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Ariz. HITTING REPORT: Santiago Espinal’s case to make the Opening Day roster as a utilityman keeps getting […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Ward might be able to get elected mayor of Oklahoma City by now. Picked by the Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2019 MLB Draft, Ward was in Triple-A to start the 2023 season. He probably felt pretty good about the promotion, knowing he was just one phone call away […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers scored three times in the eighth inning to break a tie and beat Mexico’s World Baseball Classic team, 7-5, on Wednesday afternoon at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Tyler Glasnow pitched into the third inning but was not sharp. He allowed three runs on four hits and a walk […]

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Talk about your mixed signals. The riddle that is Roki Sasaki does not look any easier to solve after his second spring start on Tuesday. Sasaki couldn’t throw strikes and didn’t retire a batter in the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians. He walked three and gave up a single and a […]

THE GAME: Roki Sasaki gave up four runs without retiring a batter in the first inning, but the Dodgers bounced back to beat the Cleveland Guardians, 5-4, on Tuesday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Ariz. The Dodgers have won nine of 12 games in Cactus League play. PITCHING REPORT: Sasaki faced five batters in […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gavin Stone’s long road back from major shoulder surgery is not over yet. Stone pitched one inning against the Cleveland Guardians last Tuesday – his first game action since August 2024 – and followed it with a bullpen session days later. After that session, he experienced renewed discomfort in his shoulder and […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers hit four home runs including a go-ahead two-run homer by Elijah Hainline to beat the Colorado Rockies, 7-5, on Monday afternoon at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz. HITTING REPORT: Mookie Betts made his second start of the spring and went 1 for 3 with a single. … The home runs […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. – On the back of Mookie Betts’ baseball card, his 2025 numbers stand out like an ugly weed in an otherwise well-tended garden. His batting average (.258), on-base percentage (.326), slugging percentage (.406) and OPS (.732) were all easily the lowest of a career filled with All-Star appearances and Top 10 MVP finishes […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers spotted the Angels three runs in the first inning then came back to win 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Camelback Ranch. PITCHING REPORT: Landon Knack started against the Angels and faced seven batters, retiring just two before he was pulled in the first inning. Knack gave up three runs on four hits […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tanner Scott was going through it last year when his season hit rock bottom in Baltimore. On back-to-back nights, Scott gave up walkoff hits. After one game, he told the reporters crowded around his locker that he felt like “baseball hates me.” Reminded of that after making his spring debut Saturday, Scott […]

THE GAME: The Dodgers played a pair of split-squad games Saturday. Dalton Rushing and Nick Senzel hit two-run home runs in Surprise, but that Dodgers team lost 7-6 to the Texas Rangers. At Camelback Ranch, the Chicago Cubs held the Dodgers to four hits and handed them a 6-2 defeat. HITTING REPORT: Rushing was 2 […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been a busy man. The Japanese right-hander led the Dodgers with 173⅔ innings during the regular season last year then led the pitching staff through the postseason, including a World Series MVP performance. One hundred and eleven days later, he was on the mound again, pitching in the Cactus […]