NL West preview: Can Diamondbacks or Padres challenge Dodgers?
2024 | 80-82, 4th in West Last year in playoffs | 2021 Under the new front office leadership of former All-Star catcher Buster Posey, the…
How does Freddie Freeman process his place in World Series history?
Freddie Freeman contemplated the question, stared quietly into the distance, then struggled to articulate an answer.Five months after the fact, his swing for the ages…
Dave Roberts agrees to four-year contract extension with Dodgers
PHOENIX — The season will mark one full decade for Dave Roberts as manager of the Dodgers, a decorated run in which Roberts has led the team…
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…
How Tanner Scott went from ‘revolving door’ to juggernaut Dodgers
PHOENIX — As Tanner Scott walked off the plane, Evan Phillips was waiting to board.This was late June 2019, when Scott and Phillips were in the early…
MLB offseason winners and losers: Dodgers won. How did other teams do?
With the signings of infielder Alex Bregman by the Boston Red Sox and starting pitcher Nick Pivetta by the San Diego Padres, a reasonably fair…
Dodgers open spring training focused on avoiding World Series hangover
PHOENIX — As the Dodgers officially opened spring training at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday, reminders of the team’s 2024 World Series title were everywhere. On the side…
Utilityman Kiké Hernández agrees to new contract with Dodgers
After welcoming a flurry of new faces to the organization this offseason, the Dodgers brought back a much more familiar figure on Sunday.The team and…
Contreras football coach resigns in protest for not allowing off-season training
When it comes to strange athletic decisions in 2025, Contreras High might move to No. 1.Football coach Manuel Guevara said he and his staff have…
For Dodgers star Freddie Freeman, much of the offseason was a fanfest
The second step of virtually every 12-step recovery program states that “we came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to…
Invincible? After historic offseason, the Dodgers sure seem like it
Invincible.The word first came to mind Wednesday afternoon when the Dodgers held a news conference to introduce a nervous kid who has never played a…
Rams offseason: A look at what the team needs to address
Stafford has played 16 seasons — four with the Rams — and will turn 37 in a few weeks. The Super Bowl-champion quarterback continues to…
How the Dodgers benefit from salary deferrals and signing bonuses
It has become a predictable talking point around baseball the last couple of offseasons, amplified every time the Dodgers sign a star on what has…
Dodgers reportedly agree to terms with left-hander Tanner Scott
Roki Sasaki might have been the exclamation point on yet another big Dodgers offseason.But the team isn’t done adding to its 2025 roster yet.In another…
Chargers takeaways: Help needed at edge, receiver, interior line
The Chargers’ Ladd McConkey (15) runs to complete an 86-yard touchdown catch as the Texans’ cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. (24) trails. McConkey, who had an…
Dodgers Dugout: Where’s Howie Mandel? Dodgers spend offseason playing “Deal or No Deal”
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. We’re back! Thanks for your patience while I took some time…
How will Dodgers reward Dave Roberts? Will they land Roki Sasaki?
Roki Sasaki will wait until the 2025 international signing period opens on Jan. 15, when clubs will have money bonus pool money available to sign…
Teoscar Hernández agrees to 3-year, $66-million deal with Dodgers
Teoscar Hernández wanted to stay with the Dodgers.The Dodgers wanted to keep Teoscar Hernández.As the sides grinded through a weeks-long negotiation for the free-agent outfielder…
With winter meetings over, what’s left on Dodgers’ to-do list?
DALLAS — The New York Mets added Juan Soto, but the Dodgers’ lineup remains deeper and more dangerous.The New York Yankees inked Max Fried, but the…
Chargers’ Derwin James Jr., Daiyan Henley bonded by MMA training
Plays go awry. Opponents score touchdowns. The Chargers even can lose a close game, but through every on-field adversity, Derwin James Jr. calmly looks at…