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…
Jack Dreyer is Dodgers’ Rubik’s Cube master, and potential bullpen arm
PHOENIX — It took some four hours of work, roughly 1,200 Rubik’s Cubes, and years’ worth of knowledge with the six-side, 54-panel puzzle.Ever since high school, minor-league…
Angels reliever Ben Joyce eager to learn from Kenley Jansen
TEMPE, Ariz. — Troy Percival, then a rookie setup man with 26 big-league appearances under his belt, watched from the visiting dugout in the Oakland Coliseum as…
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%,…
Dodgers’ signing of Kirby Yates latest effort to shore up pitching
The Dodgers held their fifth introductory news conference of the offseason Friday. For the fourth time, it was to welcome a notable pitching addition to…
Dodgers’ Brusdar Graterol to miss 2025 first half after surgery
Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol is expected to miss the first half of next season after undergoing surgery Thursday on the labrum in his right shoulder,…
Dodgers can’t complete sweep as Yankees get off the mat in Game 4
NEW YORK — The Dodgers’ lack of pitching hasn’t hurt them often this postseason.But in the third inning on Tuesday night, manager Dave Roberts stood in…
Alex Vesia latest Dodgers reliever to boost bullpen at a key time
The playoffs began with Blake Treinen rescuing a wobbly Dodgers bullpen, the 36-year-old right-hander replacing Michael Kopech and escaping a two-on, one-out eighth-inning jam and…
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…
How Dodgers bullpen saved them from Mets rally in NLCS Game 4
NEW YORK — Most fans from a sold-out crowd of 43,882 had filed out of Citi Field by the eighth inning Thursday night, the Dodgers pulling…
Bullpen game blows up as Dodgers lose NLCS Game 2 to Mets
In theory, the Dodgers’ decision to go with a bullpen game in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Monday made sense.The club’s…
Hernández: Don’t overthink it, Dodgers. Game 5 should be another bullpen game
SAN DIEGO — This worked, and nothing else has. They might as well run it back. The Dodgers have to call on their surprise ace once…
Dodgers concerned about Yoshinobu Yamamoto tipping pitches?
The Dodgers anointed Shohei Ohtani as the highest-paid player in baseball history last December. In his first postseason game with the Dodgers, the $700-million man…
Letters: Pete Rose, the player, belongs in the Hall of Fame
Now that MLB and the National Baseball Hall of Fame have successfully banned Pete Rose from the Hall of Fame for the length of his…
Worn out Dodgers let the train wreck happen in loss to Arizona
PHOENIX — The Dodgers made a business decision Sunday.After two hard-fought, high-intensity wins to open this weekend’s pivotal four-game series in Arizona, the team had a…
Michael Kopech trade could land him in Dodgers closer’s role
MILWAUKEE — The July 29 trade that sent Michael Kopech from the Chicago White Sox to the Dodgers was the baseball equivalent of going from Death…
Alex Call’s walk-off single lifts Nationals over Angels in 10th
WASHINGTON — Alex Call hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, Mitchell Parker pitched 6⅓ innings without allowing an earned run and the Washington Nationals…
Are the Dodgers back to asking a lot of Clayton Kershaw?
The game was only Clayton Kershaw’s third of the season. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stressed that point on Tuesday night when revisiting his decision to…
Bullpen shines as the Dodgers get series win in final visit to Oakland
OAKLAND — In a division race that has grown tighter than ever looked possible earlier in this year, the Dodgers managed to hold serve this weekend.Just…
Never shy to trade prospects, AJ Preller makes Padres a threat again
SAN DIEGO — On his first day as a member of the San Diego Padres, with half an hour to the trade deadline and the clubhouse…