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The Dodgers lineup plans have taken shape over the first few weeks of spring training, with the welcome task of figuring out where to insert newcomer Kyle Tucker into an increasingly stacked lineup. Freddie Freeman, who collected three of his planned 47 plate appearances this spring on Saturday at Camelback Ranch, spoke with Kirsten Watson […]
The Dodgers asked for their starting rotation to go all in during the 2025 World Series, and that included each of their four playoff starters contributing on the mound in Game 7. Blake Snell, who missed four months of the regular season last year, put in 34 innings of work across six postseason appearances en […]
Getting built up as a starter to provide flexibility for a Dodgers pitching staff that thrives in its depth, Justin Wrobleski made his second appearance and first start this spring training against the Cubs in a split-squad day. One of the more experienced and battle-tested of the Dodgers’ young options, Wrobleski was very efficient in […]
The Dodgers were a split squad Saturday, but many of their regulars played against the Cubs, among them Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernández. And three Cubs pitchers who are all in the mix for swingman/relief/starter roles threw very well and the Cubs defeated the Dodgers 6-2. And today, if you missed […]
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Go get ‘em, Colin.
Involved in their first split-squad day of the year, the reigning champs will play simultaneous games against the Cubs and Rangers, with Justin Wrobleski facing Chicago and prospect Jackson Ferris pitching against Texas. Saturday Game info Saturday Game info
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Saturday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Dodgers lineup: Colin Rea will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers scheduled today: Javier Assad, Jeff Brigham and Ben Brown. Justin Wrobleski will start for the Dodgers. Other Dodgers pitchers scheduled today: Edwin Díaz, Ronan Kopp, Tanner Scott, Patrick Copen, Wyatt Mills and Jerming Rosario. The Dodgers […]
Texas Rangers lineup for February 28, 2026 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Rangers are squaring off against the defending World Champion Dodgers of Los Angeles in today’s spring training matchup. The lineup: Carter — CF Langford — LF Pederson — 1B Jansen — C Haggerty — RF Duran — 2B Canha — DH Wade […]
Sunday is the first day of March, a month in which there will be real baseball games that count toward the standings. But the Dodgers open the month facing the Angels in a Cactus League battle at Camelback Ranch. Landon Knack starts on the mound for the Dodgers, making his second appearance this spring. He […]
The Dodgers play two games at the same time on Saturday afternoon. Here is their roster for the road game of that split-squad schedule, against the Texas Rangers in Surprise. Lineup Alex Call LFKyle Tucker DHSantiago Espinal 3BDalton Rushing CAndy Pages CFAlex Freeland SSNick Senzel 2BRyan Ward 1BZach Ehrhard RF Jackson Ferris gets his second […]
The Dodgers play two games at the same time on Saturday afternoon. Here is their roster for the home game of that split-squad schedule, against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch. Lineup Miguel Rojas 2BFreddie Freeman 1BWill Smith CMax Muncy 3BTeoscar Hernández LFJames Tibbs RFKeston Hiura DHNoah Miller SSMichael Siani CF Justin Wrobleski gets the […]
Jon Heyman at the New York Post this week reported that early estimates have MLB owners proposing a salary cap in the $260-280 million range along with a floor of $140-160 million. Marc Normandin at his newsletter broke down why such a structure wouldn’t work at those levels: The NBA and NFL both use a […]
Fans have, unfortunately, grown accustomed to there being a gap in talent when the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers play each other. And that was once again the case on Friday, as the team’s squared off for the first of two Cactus League showdowns. In a happy change of pace, however, the talent […]
All good things must eventually end, and that includes the Dodgers winning streak to open the spring as the San Francisco Giants took Friday’s contest 12-4. Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his final spring tune-up before playing for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. Yamamoto gave up a pair of runs, including a leadoff home run […]
The White Sox have three split-squad game days this spring, including the Prospect Breakout game vs. the Dodgers. And, lucky you, today is the first! There no Munetaka Murakami today for the Sox — or for any time in the near future, as he has departed to join Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. […]
The Dodgers look to make it a 7-0 start this spring, as they are on the road to take on the San Francisco Giants at Scottsdale Stadium. Yoshinobu Yamamoto makes his final spring start against left-hander Robbie Ray. FRIDAY GAME INFO
The Dodgers play two games on Saturday, their first of two split-squad games this spring. Both such days involve both the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs. This time, the Cubs come to Camelback Ranch and the game vs. Texas is in Surprise. On March 15, the Dodgers host the Rangers and travel to Mesa to […]
The Dodgers take on the San Francisco Giants on Friday in Scottsdale, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto making his second start of the spring, and his last outing before departing to join Team Japan for the World Baseball Classic. Lineup The Dodgers have a split-squad day with two games on Saturday, which means several regulars aren’t making […]
If there’s one thing we can safely predict about the 2026 Dodgers, it’s that they will use many different arms to get through the 186 days of the regular season. In 2023 they set a franchise record by using 39 different pitchers, then topped that by using 40 pitchers in each of the last two […]
With Tommy Edman and Kiké Hernández both sidelined to begin the regular season, the second base position looks open for the taking on paper. So far this spring, Hyeseong Kim is proving to the Dodgers that he is the guy to get the nod. Kim added another highlight to his already impressive spring with a […]
Can the way a baseball team operates be successfully imitated in basketball? Lakers fans are about to find out. Not only is their new majority owner Mark Walter in charge of the Dodgers, but he’s also bringing some of those talents to the Lakers. Lon Rosen is now the President of Business Operations for the […]
First things first: Munetaka Murakami is just fine. Skipper Will Venable originally had the slugger penciled in the starting lineup, but he scratched him before first pitch. That is never a sight you want to see in late February. But crisis averted. Deep breaths all around. And while we’re here, best of luck to Mune […]
There were a lot of firsts in Thursday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, and all of them were good and promising. Tyler Glasnow had his first outing of the season and is just another starter that looks like they are in mid-season form. He struck out the side first inning and had a ground […]