Although 32-year-old Dodgers right-hander Blake Snell needed 30 pitches to the four Seattle Mariners batters he faced in his 2025 Spring Training – and Dodgers – debut on Tuesday afternoon, 20 of those were strikes. The Seattle, WA native and first-round draft pick in 2011 by the Tampa Bay Rays out of Shorewood High School […]

The last time 27-year-old Dodgers right-hander Dustin May threw a pitch in an MLB game was on May 17, 2023. That was 20 months ago – or 90.4 weeks ago – or 648 days ago. On Sunday afternoon in front of a Camelback Ranch crowd of 12,235, the Justin, TX native and Dodgers third round draft […]

It wasn’t a ball or strike close call, or a safe or out close call. It was a brush-with-death close call, and it was absolutely terrifying for anyone who saw it in person at Camelback Ranch, watched it live on SportsNet LA, or saw it later on every major news channel. It was a 106-MPH line-drive […]

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On Saturday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed what Dodger fans have known since 1883: “There’s going to be a target on our back, and we have to show up day in, day out, improve every single day in any way that we can,” Roberts told reporters following his team’s first full-squad workout of Spring Training […]

During their respective Spring Training media scrums this past week, both Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts hinted that 30-year-old international superstar Shohei Ohtani could be ready to return to action “sometime in May” – this following his most recent shoulder surgery on November 5, 2024. “We’re going to […]

By now, every Dodger – and baseball – fan on the planet is aware that soon-to-be (on March 17) 37 year-old future first-ballot Hall of Fame left-hander Clayton Kershaw has (thankfully) re-signed with the Dodgers – the only MLB team he has ever played for. On Thursday, it was (very) widely reported that the extremely […]

This from MLB Trade Rumors during Sunday’s Super Bowl game: “The Dodgers and utility man Enrique Hernandez are in agreement on a deal, according to a report from Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. The deal is pending a physical, and Hernandez himself announced the news on social media. According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, it’s a one-year big league deal for […]

If you are a fan of 52-year-old Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, there is an exceptionally good chance that you will be pleased to know that his current contract, which runs through the 2025 season, will likely be extended. If you are not a fan of the (to this point) nine-year Dodgers skipper (and 10-year MLB […]