Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres was certainly worth the price of admission and then some as those in attendance and those watching were treated to a truly historic pitchers duel, something that is becoming increasingly rare in the modern age of baseball.
After a couple unforeseen setbacks, Jason Heyward is finally nearing his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Heyward was placed on the 10-day injured list back on April 3 due to lower back tightness and the Dodgers were hopeful that he was going to return sooner rather than later.
While trying to sort out that three Dodgers on the active roster now have new uniform numbers — Andy Pages switched from 84 to 44, Gavin Stone went from 71 to 35, and Michael Grove is now 29 instead of 78 — here are a few other baseball stories to start your weekend.
Middle infield power was one of the themes for Dodgers minor league teams on Friday. Hyun-il Choi struck out a season-high eight in 5⅓ innings for Double-A Tulsa as he string together consecutive good starts after a rough start to the season.
In his second start against the San Diego Padres Friday night, Tyler Glasnow put on a pitching clinic.
The Los Angeles Dodgers saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end as they dropped the series opener against the San Diego Padres, 2-1, in a pitcher’s duel.
The red-hot Dodgers (26-13) look to win their first series of the season against the Padres (20-20) when they face their NL West foes for three games starting Friday night in San Diego.
It’s looking like Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward may be returning sooner rather than later. Heyward has been sidelined since April 3 with lower back tightness.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing their best baseball of the season, having won seven consecutive games and 14 of 16 since April 21. After a perfect homestand, they now begin a six-game road trip, with their first stop at Petco Park for a three-game series against the San Diego Padres.
The Los Angeles Dodgers currently possesses Major League Baseball’s top offense, having a handful of the league’s best performers at their respective positions.
Following the news that Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud, more information has trickled out with the investigation.
Much of the early season has been overshadowed by the changes to Major League Baseball’s uniforms now that Nike had taken over as the main designer and Fanatics has taken over as the producer of them.
The 2024 MLB campaign has been a tough one for Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder James Outman. Outman is just 2-for-24 over his last seven games, and on the season overall, he is slashing a meager .163/.260/.293 with three home runs and 10 RBI over 104 plate appearances.
While the Los Angeles Dodgers boast one of the best offenses and pitching staffs in baseball, they have also thrived defensively this season. Entering play Thursday, the Dodgers as a team are tied for the sixth-fewest errors (17) and rank second in FanGraphs’ defense statistic (13.7).
Tyler Glasnow has been a strikeout machine for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and had his best total to date on April 9 when he tied a career-high with 14 of them against the Minnesota Twins.
The top two National League players by batting average and on-base percentage hail from the same team. One leads all of MLB in OPS. The other has the highest OBP in the game and can be found in the top 10 of virtually every category.
Lionsgate Television is capitalizing on Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter's gambling scandal and bringing the drama to the small screen.
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has accepted a plea deal in the case involving bank fraud and tax fraud.
Los Angeles Dodgers all-timer Clayton Kershaw has come up short in the postseason on multiple occasions. Which one bothers him the most?
Ohtani is a talent the likes of which Major League Baseball has not seen in a century.
Los Angeles Dodgers star Yoshinobu Yamamoto is off to an excellent start in his first MLB season, but the star pitcher has already experienced the dreaded announcer jinx.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have found their groove. After a tough couple of games a few weeks ago, the Dodgers are back to being the championship-level team many expected them to be.
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Bobby Miller are making huge strides toward a return to the big league mound. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Dodgers Nation's J.P.
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