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The Los Angeles Dodgers have entered spring training with a lineup that’s typically one of the most stacked in baseball. However, this year has been a different story, as various injuries have kept several star players sidelined. The team has faced challenges early on, with concerns about the health of Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers feature no shortage of pitching depth. LA signed pitchers such as Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki during the offseason, and the team already featured plenty of quality hurlers. Still, injuries have been a problem at times for the Dodgers, and it was recently revealed that Michael Grove will not be ready […]

Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki is inching closer to appearing in a Major League spring training game. Sasaki has already thrown a pair of bullpen sessions, going about 30 pitches in his second one at the indoor batting cages at Camelback Ranch, the Dodgers’ spring home. “We threw him in a cage and got […]

After Shohei Ohtani had surgery to repair a labrum tear, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was a bit concerned about how things would end up. However, those fears were put to rest over the weekend. In his first live pitching performance since his surgery, Roberts liked what he saw from his dual-threat player. “Shohei […]

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani is gearing up for the 2025 season. Ohtani took his first batting practice session of the spring Sunday, per the Los Angeles Times. The slugger batted against 32 pitches. Ohtani is coming off a powerful 2024 season, which was his first with the Dodgers. He batted at a .310 […]

Spring training is officially here, so MLB’s regular season is just around the corner. The entire league is stacked with talent, especially when it comes to position players, and everyone will be looking to take down the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers after their massive offseason spending spree. So, who are the 50 […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a big picture vision for stretching out to Japan. The defending World Series champions have branched out to the nation before, through adding Hideo Nomo in 1995. But Andrew Friedman visualized his true goals for the Roki Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani pairing. The Japanese duo are fueling the excitement among […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are already hard at work as they get ready to defend their World Series title from last season. Spring training is underway, and Los Angeles is back on the field with another loaded roster. One of the biggest additions that the team made this offseason was Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, who […]

New Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki is the No.1 ranked prospect in baseball and enters MLB with a dynamic splitter and an abundance of promise. The 23-year-old right-hander carved out his own spectacular run in Japan’s Pacific League, even tossing a perfect game in 2022, but he will inevitably be compared to his […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off a World Series Championship but have another reason to be excited for spring training to begin. After not pitching during the 2024 season, Shohei Ohtani will add that back to his game that features one of baseball’s most feared bats. With Ohtani returning to the mound, he is […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers feature a super-team. So which players will be at the top of the starting lineup? On Thursday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed the first four players in LA’s everyday lineup, via Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman were all expected, of course. They are three […]

The Los Angeles Angels have their 2025 Opening Day starting pitcher. According to Sam Blum of The Athletic, Angels manager Ron Washington announced Yusei Kikuchi as the Opening Day starter, calling it an “obvious” decision. Kikuchi signed a three-year, $63 million contract. The Angels have desperately needed to add reliable pitching over the years, and […]

When the Los Angeles Dodgers officially won the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes, signing the burgeoning Japanese ace to an entry-level contract, it was widely viewed as the biggest steal of the MLB offseason. That’s right, after being heavily recruited by the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees, the San Diego Padres, and, well, any other […]

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is preparing to return to the mound in 2024. Ohtani previously made his 2025 spring pitching debut via a bullpen, and he was back on the bump on Tuesday. According to Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register, Ohtani threw 21 total pitches and stuck with only fastballs […]

Shohei Ohtani is still working his way back into pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers after undergoing several surgeries over the past few years. After having one of the best seasons in the MLB last season and leading him to winning MVP, there finally seems to be a rehab plan for the star player. “It’s […]

Shohei Ohtani ignited some early season enthusiasm for the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday in spring training. But not because of smacking a home run. He dipped into an old trait of his: Pitching. Ohtani has gone nearly two years without throwing heat on the mound. But Ohtani flamed a pitch that hit 94 miles per […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have just a little more than a month to go before they battle the Chicago Cubs in their season-opening series in Tokyo, Japan. Legions of fans naturally want to see countryman Shohei Ohtani pitch during this two-day spectacle. LA manager Dave Roberts already poured cold water over that possibility, but the […]

After winning the 2024 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers went on a spending spree that angered some baseball fans. But the Dodgers faithful are enjoying every minute of their team’s utter domination of the offseason. Now, MLB.com has put Los Angeles’ 2025 super roster in perspective, releasing its list of the Top 100 Players […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have received a major update regarding Shohei Ohtani’s return to pitching, and it fits right into their long-term game plan. Ohtani, who had a second major elbow surgery, hasn’t thrown a pitch since August 2023. But if all goes well, he’s expected to get back to his two-way role by May […]

Even with Shohei Ohtani receiving a pitching injury update from Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, Ohtani himself described some of the feelings he’s had. After having shoulder surgery in the offseason, there’s still some rust he feels. After completing a Wednesday pitching session, he explained to Sonja Chen of MLB.com how his shoulder was […]

After a very hectic offseason, baseball is officially back with the start of Spring Training. The Los Angeles Dodgers are already hard at work as they try to defend their World Series title from last season. Shohei Ohtani was obviously a massive part of the championship-winning squad a season ago, but the Dodgers haven’t even […]

Is new Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic the NBA version of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani when it comes to economic impact? When the Mavericks traded Doncic to the Lakers, one of the first things people focused on was the money he’d be losing. The amount was staggering. $117 million. That’s how much […]

Roki Sasaki, the latest Japanese pitching phenom to emerge and cross over into Major League Baseball, inked a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last month, ending a sweepstakes for the 23-year-old pitcher that lasted for several weeks of the offseason. Dodgers GM Andrew Friedman, in his recent interview with Foul Territory, explained how the […]

As Major League Baseball prepares for the start of spring training, commissioner Rob Manfred does not believe his sport has a problem with a lack of competitiveness. Critics and fans have pointed out the huge difference between the haves and have-nots in the sport, and it seems that the Los Angeles Dodgers and only a […]

Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar so he could fuel his gambling habit and also repay debts resulting from losing bets. U.S. District Court Judge John W. Holcomb handed down the sentence that also includes three years […]

The Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade has generated strong reactions across the NBA community. Basketball legends have weighed in on the deal, which sends Doncic to the Lakers and Davis to the Mavericks. Magic Johnson, in particular, voiced his excitement over Doncic’s move to Los Angeles. In one of his tweets in X (formerly Twitter), Magic […]

As Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani looks to return to pitching sometime in 2025, he looks to have a spectacular 2025 coming off a historic campaign. With the Dodgers going on a spending spree this offseason, Ohtani still is a huge foundation to the team as the work he’s put in will get any […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers went from 2024 World Series winners to offseason behemoths thanks to an unprecedented spending spree. The Dodgers’ pitching staff looks unstoppable after the team added Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki to the rotation and brought in Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates to fill out the bullpen. Of course, the Dodgers’ starting […]

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has been in the light for a while after claiming that he had a gambling addiction. Federal prosecutors have now disputed claims that he stole from Ohtani to pay back his gambling debts, and there is no evidence that he had an addiction before stealing from […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a lot of waves with their spending the last two years. After giving Shohei Ohtani a $700 million contract, they brought in other stars to win the World Series and continue to add. Ohtani had a historic MVP season in his first year with the Dodgers and impressed general […]

Trevor Bauer hasn’t pitched in MLB since 2021 but thanks to his active social media presence, he’s never far from the minds of baseball fans. The 2020 NL Cy Young winner was back on X on Tuesday where he weighed in on Shohei Ohtani’s true star power. Bauer was responding to MLB reporter Dan Clark, […]

There may never be another Shohei Ohtani, but don’t tell that to the Oakland A’s, as they just signed an 18-year-old Japanese star who plays both ways in Shotaro Morii. When Ohtani broke into the majors in 2018, there hadn’t been a full-time two-way player in the bigs for more than 50 years. The closest […]

Now teammates on the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts are apart of arguably the scariest lineup in MLB. But before they were winning the World Series together, Betts and Ohtani were enemies on the diamond. In the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Team USA and Team Japan met in the championship game. Japan […]

Ippei Mizuhara, who previously served as the interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, has submitted a letter to Honorable Judge John W. Holcomb, requesting an 18-month prison sentence for his bank fraud charges. Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani to settle his gambling debts. On Thursday, federal prosecutors recommended a 57-month prison […]

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani had an unforgettable 2024 season for several reasons. While the seven-year veteran reached new heights in his first season with the Dodgers, he experienced a disheartening betrayal off the field. Ohtani’s translator and friend Ippei Mizuhara stole $17 million from the three-time MVP and pled guilty to bank fraud […]

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani put a scare into baseball fans during the World Series after he sustained a shoulder injury in Game 2 and came out in Game 3 wearing an arm sling. However, it turns out it wasn’t a traditional arm sling.  Instead, it was an arm brace, which looks similar to […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers officially introduced Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki on Wednesday after he signed a minor league contract with a $6.5 million signing bonus. At 23, Sasaki joins a Dodgers squad already stacked with Japanese stars like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, making their title defense stronger than ever. Sasaki decided to join the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have accomplished a large amount in the last 13 months. They signed global star Shohei Ohtani to a mind-boggling deferred contract in free agency, brought in more high-end talent and then proceeded to win the 2024 World Series. Now, LA is trying to restart the cycle. The organization went back to […]

When the clock ticks down, few franchises have the resources and nerve to actually pull the trigger and get a move done. South Korean defensive wizard Hyeseong Kim had until 5 p.m. ET on Friday to sign with an MLB team before the deadline expired. True to form, the Los Angeles Dodgers closed the deal […]