Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers did not tender a contract to right-hander Evan Phillips before Friday’s deadline, allowing their former closer to become a free agent. Minor-league right-hander Nick Frasso was also non-tendered, making him a free agent. Phillips led the Dodgers in saves in 2024 and 2023, but he suffered a shoulder injury during […]

Two pieces of World Series history have found their way to SCP Auctions and are currently open for bids. The ball Miguel Rojas hit into the seats for the game-tying home run in the ninth inning of World Series Game 7 and the ball Will Smith hit for the game-winning home run in the 11th […]

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers added a left-handed relief pitcher to their 40-man roster again Tuesday, before the deadline to protect him from next month’s Rule 5 draft It worked out pretty well last year. A year ago, Jack Dreyer was the Dodgers’ only last-minute addition to the 40-man roster. Unheralded at the time, Dreyer […]

Utilityman Kiké Hernandez announced that he had left elbow surgery and won’t be available to play in the World Baseball Classic next season. Hernandez is currently an unsigned free agent. It’s unclear how the surgery will affect his availability for the 2026 season. He played for Team Puerto Rico in the 2017 and 2023 WBC. […]

This is a 2021 photo of Robinson Ortiz of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. This image reflects the Los Angeles Dodgers active roster as of Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 when this image was taken. (Jennifer Stewart/MLB Photos via AP) LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers swapped minor-league pitchers with the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in […]

Lyle Foster discusses the goals Bafana Bafana have set for the 2025 AFCON finals. Getty Images The stage is set in Morocco for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, and for South Africa’s Lyle Foster, the ambition is clear and unwavering. The Burnley striker has openly declared the lofty goal that he and his Bafana […]

Is Jaxson Dart playing Week 11? Giants QB news finalized on injury report originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The New York Giants have their long-term answer at quarterback. His name is Jaxson Dart, and he’s another Ole Miss QB who will turn into […]

Don’t let anyone ever try to claim that Shohei Ohtani isn’t at least the best baseball player of his generation. Maybe several others, too. He has now won four Most Valuable Player awards in five seasons, two in the American League with the Angels and the last two in the National League with the Dodgers. […]

Shohei Ohtani continues to make history. Ohtani was unanimously voted the National League’s Most Valuable Player on Thursday, his fourth MVP award in the past five seasons. Only one other player in baseball history has won more than three MVP awards – Barry Bonds, who won seven. “I never … start off a season aiming […]

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s postseason performance was second to none. His regular season, however, landed him third behind Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes. Yamamoto finished third behind Skenes, the unanimous winner, in the National League Cy Young Award voting announced on Wednesday. Yamamoto appeared on 29 of the 30 five-player ballots from the Baseball Writers’ […]

LAS VEGAS — The ankle injury that limited Tommy Edman throughout the season was apparently enough to lead to the operating table. The Dodgers utility player will undergo ankle surgery in the next week, General Manager Brandon Gomes revealed on Tuesday at the GM Meetings. Gomes didn’t provide any details on the nature of the […]

LAS VEGAS — The ankle injury that limited Tommy Edman throughout the season was apparently enough to lead to the operating table. The Dodgers utility player will undergo ankle surgery in the next week, General Manager Brandon Gomes revealed on Tuesday at the GM Meetings. Gomes didn’t provide any details on the nature of the […]

LOS ANGELES — Coming off their victory in the 2024 World Series, the Dodgers had one of the most aggressive winters any defending champion has ever had. They signed two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell for five years and $182 million. They gave Tanner Scott a four-year, $72 million contract, won the sweepstakes for […]

LOS ANGELES — Run it back. It’s an easy applause line at a victory parade and rally. But players have free will and can sign elsewhere if they reach free agency. Bringing back a largely-unchanged roster can be problematic anyway. There are no guarantees that the same roster has the same alchemy a year later. […]

Dodgers relief pitcher Alex Vesia and his wife, Kayla, posted on Instagram about the tragic loss that kept him from participating in the World Series. Vesia’s post referred to a newborn daughter, Sterling Sol, who “went to heaven Sunday, October 26th.” Vesia and his wife were expecting the birth of their first child when it […]

Awards season has begun for the back-to-back World Series champions. Shohei Ohtani won his fourth Silver Slugger award as the top offensive performer at his position and the Dodgers won the National League Team of the Year award for the second consecutive season. Ohtani (also the favorite to win the National League MVP award next […]

LOS ANGELES — As part of a series of moves to set their 40-man roster for the offseason, the Dodgers designated former All-Star Tony Gonsolin for assignment and waived outfielder Justin Dean and right-hander Michael Grove. Added to the 40-man roster were outfielder Ryan Ward (the 2025 Pacific Coast League MVP) and left-hander Robinson Ortiz. […]

LOS ANGELES — The World Series champion Dodgers officially began the offseason by picking up the club options in the contracts of third baseman Max Muncy and relief pitcher Alex Vesia before Thursday’s deadline. Muncy signed a two-year, $24 million contract extension following the 2023 season, which included an option for 2026 at a $10 […]

Inter Bound to Come Up Empty-Handed in Nico Paz Chase Inter have been rumored to have rekindled their dated interest in Nico Paz and even to be preparing a massive €58M offer to convince Como and Real Madrid to let him go. On the other hand, while the Nerazzurrihave been high on him for quite […]

[BBC] The Deaflympics is an international multi-sports event for deaf athletes that takes place every four years. It is different to the Paralympics, which sees athletes with a wider range of disability classifications participate. There is both a summer and a winter version, with Japan’s capital Tokyo hosting the 100th anniversary Games between 15-26 November […]