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Dodgers NLCS roster: Justin Wrobleski added as 13th pitcher
The Dodgers announced their roster for the National League Championship Series, which will include 13 pitchers and 13 position players against the Milwaukee Brewers. Justin Wrobleski is the extra bulk pitcher for this round, after the Dodgers carried 12 pitchers during the Division Series against the Atlanta Braves. “I think that length, having a guy […]
Dodgers 2026 injured list tracker
This is your one-stop shop for every Dodgers stint on the injured list during the 2026 season. In all, 29 different Dodgers for a total of 36 stints missed time on the injured list, paternity list, bereavement leave, or the family medical emergency list as well. Basically any time a player missed time that requires […]
Shohei Ohtani bats 4th, Kiké Hernández at second base in NLCS Game 1 lineup
The Dodgers for their first game of the National League Championship Series will have Kiké Hernández in the starting lineup for a third straight game. Hernández plays second base and bats ninth on Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Hernández, who homered in Game 3 against Chris Sale of the Braves, usually starts against left-handers, but […]
The greatest pitching matchup of the 2026 postseason
Teams that know each other well—having met in this same stage a year ago—the Dodgers and Brewers open the National League Championship Series with a battle on the mound that’s unparalleled. On one side, one of the more accomplished current stars on the mound in Tarik Skubal for the Dodgers; on the other, the likely […]
Jamey Wright is only one who played for MLB’s final four, fittingly
Major League Baseball’s final four is set, after the Cleveland Guardians dispatched the Chicago White Sox to end their American League Division Series on Saturday night. Cleveland will play the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS beginning Monday while Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers start their National League Championship Series on Sunday night. Only one player […]
Looking back at the Dodgers’ first NLCS
The Dodgers on Sunday begin playing in their 18th National League Championship Series, a round that first began in 1969. The first NLCS for the Dodgers was in 1974, when Walt Alston’s Dodgers made their first postseason appearance since 1966. This was the first full season of The Infield for the Dodgers, with National League […]
Dodgers vs. Brewers NLCS umpires led by Mark Wegner
Major League Baseball on .. announced the umpiring crews for the League Championship Series round. For the NLCS between the Dodgers and Brewers, the umpire crew will be led by crew chief Marg Wegner This is the 26th career postseason series for Wegner, who is in his 28th year as a major league umpire, and […]
NLCS notes: Tarik Skubal, Shohei Ohtani, Max Muncy
After a three-day hiatus, the Dodgers are back in business on Sunday as they begin the 2026 National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Tarik Skubal was handed the ball for Game 1 of the NLDS against the Atlanta Braves, and he managed to allow just one run while striking out seven across six […]
How to watch Dodgers at Brewers NLCS Game 1
The Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers begin the National League Championship Series with Game 1 on Sunday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee, with a high-octane pitching battle. Tarik Skubal, the American League Cy Young Award winner in 2024 and 2025, makes his second consecutive Game 1 start for the Dodgers, after striking out seven […]
Dodgers hopeful Miguel Rojas will be ready for NLCS roster
Veteran infielder Miguel Rojas took ground balls and hit in a few rounds of batting practice during the Dodgers workout at Dodger Stadium on Friday, still nursing back and hip pain suffered Tuesday in Atlanta, with the hope he could be ready to go for the start of the National League Championship Series on Sunday […]
Déjà vu all over again in Dodgers vs. Brewers NLCS rematch
Baseball postseason, for all of its unpredictability, has brought us the meeting of the two best teams in the sport to determine the National League representative in the World Series. Ahead of last season’s NLCS, the angle of David versus Goliath was heavily played in virtually any analysis—it didn’t help the more centered angle that […]
Arizona Fall League: Eduardo Quintero impresses, Charles Davalan at second base
The Arizona Fall League has been going on for about a week, with various Dodgers prospects playing for the Glendale Desert Dogs. Eduardo Quintero hit an RBI double on Friday and also scored a run on Friday on the road at Salt River Fields. Quintero, a consensus top-100 prospect in the sport has played in […]
Dodgers notes: NLCS history with Brewers, playoff scoring down this year
While we continue to enjoy the few days of a break between the Division Series and National League Championship Series, we do know that the Dodgers will start Tarik Skubal on the mound in Game 1 in Milwaukee on Sunday, followed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2 on Monday afternoon. Here are a few other […]
Tarik Skubal starts for Dodgers in NLCS Game 1, Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2
Winning the National League Division Series in four games afforded the Dodgers the luxury of setting their starting rotation exactly the way they wanted for the next round. Tarik Skubal gets the ball in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Brewers, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2 to cover the first […]
Takeaways from Dodgers vs. Brewers regular season games
The Dodgers and Brewers meet in a best-of-seven NLCS beginning Sunday night in Milwaukee. The Brewers already won four out of seven regular games against the Dodgers this year, but in the regular season. While last year showed us the regular season and postseason are different — Los Angeles lost all six games to Milwaukee […]
Waiting for Gallant
Last time: Yoshinobu Yamamoto versus Chris Sale should be a duel of the ages. The problem is we saw that duel play out on August 27, when Sale made a first-inning home run stand up in a complete-game shutout. In order to retake control of this series, the Dodgers need to take advantage of their […]
NLCS notes: Kiké Hernández, Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers bullpen
For a third consecutive year, the Dodgers have advanced to the National League Championship Series. For a second consecutive year, they will be facing the team with the most wins in the regular season, that being the Milwaukee Brewers (again). The Dodgers lived and died by the long ball throughout the NLDS against the Atlanta […]
MLB sets start times for National League Championship Series
Major League Baseball on Thursday set the start times for both League Championship Series, with the National League starting things off on Sunday evening and the American League getting going beginning Monday, October 12. The Dodgers, after dispatching the Atlanta Braves in four games in the NLDS, for the second year in a row will […]
Dave Roberts in NLDS passes Tony La Russa for 2nd-most postseason manager wins
The Dodgers in beating the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night to close out the National League Division Series in four games improved their record under Dave Roberts to 19-9 (.689) with a chance to close out a postseason series. The rest of MLB since 2016 is 92-88 (.511) in such games. Wednesday’s win was also […]
Bottom of the order contributions marked a series win
Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr., Mookie Betts, and Matt Olson; the list of quote-unquote star players who weren’t able to impact the NLDS in the way we’ve grown to expect from them is long. With these ultratalented hitters held quiet, the chances of a high-scoring series were slim, and in the end, the team with […]
Dodgers NLDS celebration notes: Edwin Díaz, Andy Pages
The Dodgers are back in the National League Championship Series, and it’s a rematch with the Milwaukee Brewers, with both teams closing out their Division Series on Wednesday night. The NLCS begins on Sunday night in Milwaukee, with exact series start times to be announced. But first, some more after the Dodgers closed out the […]
Dodgers NLDS notes: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dave Roberts
The Dodgers beat the Braves in four games to win the National League Division Series, and have advanced to their eighth National League Championship Series in the last 11 years with Dave Roberts at the helm. But before we dig into the celebration and aftermath from Game 4, here are a few leftover notes from […]
Dodgers, Brewers meet again in second straight NLCS
If the Dodgers are going get back to the World Series to finish off their third consecutive championship, they’ll have to travel the same path as in 2025 to complete their trek through the National League. The Dodgers will play the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS beginning Sunday night, October 11 at American Family Field […]
Andy Pages single beats Braves, Dodgers win NLDS in 4 games
It took until the seventh inning of the fourth game of the National League Division Series for the Dodgers to get their first hit with a runner in scoring position. But Andy Pages made it count, with a two-run single to break a tie in a 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night […]
Dodgers NLCS begins Sunday night
The Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the NLDS on Wednesday, and are back in the National League Championship Series for a third season in a row and the eighth time in 11 years with manager Dave Roberts at the helm in Los Angeles. They will play the Milwaukee Brewers for the […]