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For those who have forgotten, in early December, Canadian Ryan Reynolds posted his now-annual video announcing the yearly fundraiser for Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, which ran until Christmas 2025. The short video featured guest Freddie Freeman, who is also famously Canadian and is generally considered one of the nicest people in baseball. Freeman gets […]
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On Wednesday, the Dodgers made the Kyle Tucker signing official and held a press conference to welcome the newest Dodger. Tucker, a seemingly quiet guy, joins a team full of larger-than-life players, including the Best Player on the Planet. The outfielder is now second only to Shohei Ohtani on the Dodgers payroll and is now […]
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The Dodgers finalized their deal with Kyle Tucker on Wednesday, signing the outfielder to a four-year contract worth $240 million. Tucker gets a $64 million signing bonus as part of the contract, $54 million of which will be paid this February 15 and the other $10 million on February 1, 2027, per Beth Harris and […]
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LOS ANGELES — To say that Dave Roberts and Maury Wills were close is an understatement. Wills, the Dodgers’ all-time stolen base leader and six-time National League steals leader, took the base-stealing Roberts under his wing when Roberts was playing, and became a confidant for two decades, until Wills died in 2022. “He was a […]
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As Eric Stephen covered on January 20, the Dodgers have a bevy of promising outfielder prospects in their minor league system. On Wednesday, Baseball America dropped its Top 100 prospect list, listing the following farmhands: In comparison, there have been changes, especially when compared to last year’s list, which was headlined by Roki Sasaki. In […]
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With the 2025 season now concluded, we’ll keep track of every transaction by the Dodgers for the entire offseason here, beginning with the advent of free agency on November 2 until the start of spring training. We will update this page throughout the offseason with every transaction, and links below to specific details about every […]
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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers finalized their four-year, $240 million contract for Kyle Tucker on Wednesday, introducing the All-Star outfielder in a press conference at Dodger Stadium. But they needed to make space on the 40-man roster for the addition of Tucker, so Los Angeles designated outfielder Michael Siani for assignment. Siani was claimed off […]
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The Dodgers’ signing of Kyle Tucker gave opposing fans all the more reason to hate the Dodgers, and it gave fellow team owners all the more reason to loathe the Dodgers front office. To win two consecutive championships and continue to add star talent while sporting one of the highest payrolls in baseball is the […]
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Outfielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in results announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Tuesday afternoon. Beltrán and Jones will be inducted to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Sunday, July 26 along with second baseman Jeff Kent, who was voted in […]
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Twenty seven players were on the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot, and eight of those players were once Dodgers during their careers. One of them, center fielder Andruw Jones, was one of two players inducted to Cooperstown on Tuesday. Jones received 78.4 percent of the vote in his penultimate time on the Baseball Writers Association […]
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Dodgers utility man Ryan Fitzgerald cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday, per MLB transaction logs. This keeps Fitzgerald around as a potential depth option on the position-player side, though he is currently not on the 40-man roster. Fitzgerald was claimed by the Dodgers off waivers from the Twins on […]
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To date this offseason, three outlets have unveiled a ranking of Dodgers prospects. Baseball America unveiled its top-10 list in November, then expanded it to 30 deep in January. Baseball Prospectus revealed its top 21 Dodgers prospects in November, and FanGraphs dropped its top 52 Dodgers prospects in December. The tippy top of these lists […]
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Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Sweeny Murti at MLB.com wrote about a game at Dodger Stadium 56 years ago that honored the memory of King, two years after his death. The East-West Major League Baseball Classic was played on May 28, 1970, and featured 23 Hall of Famers who either played or […]
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Kyle Tucker adds a potent bat to the Dodgers lineup, especially against right-handed pitchers. Maxfield Lane and Owen Riley at the Down on the Farm newsletter tried to quantify exactly how much: Upgrading from a league-average bat in the third OF spot to one of the league’s best hitters would be a big gain in […]
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The Dodgers have been fairly quiet this offseason compared to the last two, but when they have struck, the bounty has been plentiful. After bringing back Miguel Rojas for the final season of his big league career, the Dodgers shored up their bullpen by bringing in Edwin Díaz to a three-year deal worth $69 million. […]
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Last year, the left fielders for the Los Angeles Dodgers put up a 99 wRC+. That number is actually flattering because Andy Pages managed to do some of his best work (226 wRC+) in his short time away from center field, in 64 plate appearances. Whether Kyle Tucker comes in to play left or we’ll […]
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Nick Robertson, a right-handed reliever drafted by the Dodgers in 2019 and who made his major league debut with Los Angeles in 2023 before getting traded for Kiké Hernández, signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers, per Ari Alexander of 7News in Boston. Robertson last season had a 4.30 ERA with 52 strikeouts and […]
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After the Dodgers signed Blake Snell around Thanksgiving 2024, I remembered the Dodgers’ mindset after winning the 2020 World Series. My mind kept going back to a quote I read from Andy McCullough’s biography of Clayton Kershaw: The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness. In discussing the thought process that Kershaw […]
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The Dodgers signed Kyle Tucker, landing the top free agent on the market with an eye-popping four-year, $240 million contract. After setting competitive balance tax records in each of the last two seasons, this move ensured they will stay in that area for at least two more years, if not longer. But along with the […]
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It was only a matter of time until the Dodgers pounced on one of the biggest names left on the open market. That day came on Thursday, as Kyle Tucker agreed to a four-year, $240 million to become the newest slugger within a vaunted Dodgers lineup. The rich get richer, and the two-time reigning World […]
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Another year, another sticker shock for the Dodgers, who have leaned into their role as the biggest spenders in the sport, with gusto. Kyle Tucker is their newest prize, picking Los Angeles over the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays, his two other reported closest pursuers. Tucker signed for a reported $240 million over […]
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The Dodgers have made themselves quite comfortable in the deep end of the free agent pool. First came the signing of closer Edwin Díaz to a record-setting contract, and now comes outfielder Kyle Tucker, the top free agent on the market, per multiple reports. Jeff Passan was first to report the pact, which is worth […]
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Last year the Dodgers international signing period was dominated by the signing for Roki Sasaki, the pitching sensation from Japan who signed for $6.5 million and started his career in the major leagues. Their 2026 international signing period is more traditional in the sense that they have spread things around to several prospects. The team […]
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Clayton Kershaw has thrown his last major league pitch, but he’ll give it one last go in the World Baseball Classic, pitching for the United States in the international tournament this March. It was announced on Thursday morning. Kershaw was originally slated to pitch for Team USA during the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but had […]
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On Wednesday, Beats unveiled a new ad campaign with Shohei Ohtani, characterizing him as literally larger than life. “Los Angeles is a city of energy, culture, and ambition,” Ohtani said in a press release. “Wearing Beats and seeing myself rise above the skyline feels symbolic of the connection I have with this city and our […]
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