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Luke Fox wins Texas League pitcher of the week

Tulsa Drillers left-hander Luke Fox is off to a nice start to his 2026 season, and on Monday was named Texas League pitcher of the week for his efforts for the week of April 14-19. Fox made two starts for Tulsa last week, and didn’t allow a run in either outing. He bookended the series […]

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Reaction to Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz having surgery

The Dodgers are without closer Edwin Díaz for at least a few months, with arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow coming on Wednesday in Los Angeles that will sideline him until the second half of the season. Sunday’s four-batter, no-out outing set off alarm bells for the Dodgers. From Mirjam Swanson in the Los Angeles […]

Bottom of the order flourishes in blowout Dodgers win

A dozen runs was more than enough with the way Justin Wrobleski pitched, but the Dodgers decided to err on the side of caution with one of their most complete offensive efforts of the year, running away with a 12-3 win in Colorado. It’s been an unusually productive early start to the season against left-handed […]

Edwin Díaz placed on injured list, will have elbow surgery Wednesday

The early-season struggles of Edwin Díaz reached its logical conclusion on Monday, with the Dodgers closer placed on the 15-day injured list ahead of the team’s series finale against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver. The team says Díaz has loose bodies in his right elbow, and will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Díaz’s surgery […]

Dodgers on Deck: Tuesday, April 21 at Giants

It’s a three-city week for the Dodgers, who finish up their four-game series against the Colorado Rockies on Monday in Denver, then head to San Francisco to take on the Giants at Oracle Park for a three-game series beginning Tuesday night. The Dodgers have their best three starting pitchers going in their first salvo against […]

Another meeting against an old foe in José Quintana

In an unusual road game on Monday that wraps up a four-game series, the Dodgers try to avoid a third straight defeat at the hands of the Colorado Rockies, twice done in by the bullpen late in games. They’ll do so against a familiar face in José Quintana, a starter they’ve bullied in the NLCS […]

Dodgers Week 4: Strong starting pitching, Dalton Rushing powers up

The Dodgers won four of six games for the third week in a row, but did so in the most unpleasant way possible by dropping the last two at Coors Field. The Dodgers did not lose consecutive games this season until Saturday and Sunday, against a team that lost 119 games last season. The Los […]

Christian Zazueta strikes out 9, Zyhir Hope homers in 4-hit game

Ontario provided enough offense for the entire Dodgers minor league system on Sunday, but there were also plenty of other highlights. Player of the day Christian Zazueta in his first two starts this season dominated the first three innings before faltering a bit in the fourth. But on his third consecutive Sunday start for High-A […]

More concerns about Roki Sasaki & Edwin Díaz

Some news and notes on a Monday morning after the Dodgers’ first losing streak of the season. Roki Sasaki struggled through another start on Sunday at Coors Field, allowing three runs in 4 2/3 innings, and in his four starts has a 6.11 ERA and 15.9-percent walk rate in 17 2/3 innings. With River Ryan […]

NL West report: $3.9 billion for Padres

The San Diego Padres (5-1) and Arizona Diamondbacks (4-2) had strong weeks to keep pace in the National League West, but the big news of the week was the Padres about to be sold for the staggering price of $3.9 billion. The sale price shatters the previous record of $2.475 billion, which is what Steve […]

A Rockie day for Roki Sasaki and bullpen, Dodgers lose 9-6

For the first time since June 28, 2022, the Dodgers have dropped two consecutive games to the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, this time falling to Colorado 9-6 on Sunday. In his first career start at Coors Field, Roki Sasaki impressed over his first three innings of work, as he held the Rockies silent across […]

Dodgers vs. Rockies game III chat

The Dodgers look to bounce back after a tough defeat as they take on the Colorado Rockies in Denver on Sunday. Roki Sasaki makes his fourth start of the season against right-hander Michael Lorenzen. SUNDAY GAME INFO

Dodgers on Deck: Monday, April 20 at Rockies

The Dodgers finish off their long weekend series against the Colorado Rockies with one more game on Monday night at Coors Field, the only wraparound series of the season for Los Angeles. Justin Wrobleski is coming off the best start of his career, on six days rest after throwing eight scoreless innings last Monday against […]

Ryan Ward gets first major league shot with Dodgers

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was placed on the paternity list on Sunday, as he and his wife Chelsea are expecting their fourth child, their first daughter to join their three sons. That opened the door for Ryan Ward, at age 28, to get called up to the major leagues for the first time and […]

Dodgers minors: Joe Vetrano, Jack Suwinski, Jose Hernandez

Dodgers affiliates managed one win in five games on Saturday. Player of the day Tulsa first baseman Joe Vetrano hit a two-run home run in the first game of a doubleheader, then added two more hits in the nightcap, scoring the walk-off winner on an error. Triple-A Oklahoma City Jack Suwinski homered twice, but the […]

Dodgers notes: Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Emmet Sheehan

The Dodgers were dealt just their second loss on the road this season as they fell to the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday, snapping a four-game winning streak dating back to Monday. Among the highlights of Saturday’s loss included Shohei Ohtani extending his league-leading on-base streak to 50 games, as he reached base on a […]

Dodgers win streak vanishes in thin air of Coors Field

The Dodgers scored early but not often, unable to cash in on many chances in a 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver. It’s the Dodgers’ first loss in 11 games against National League teams. Kyle Tucker hit a home run that gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead just two batters […]

Dodgers on Deck: Sunday, April 19 at Rockies

The only daytime contest of this four-game series in Denver comes on Sunday afternoon, with Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers taking on Michael Lorenzen at the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Sasaki has struggled with command thus far, with two of his starts lasting four innings and the other a five-inning effort in which he […]

Dodgers on a National League winning streak

The last time the Dodgers lost to a National League team was 192 days ago. That was Game 3 of the Division Series, a 3-2 game entering the eighth that turned into a blowout with Clayton Kershaw wearing it during a second inning of work when Tanner Scott wasn’t available. After that came a thrilling […]

Dodgers 2026 opening day payroll is $410.8 million

The Dodgers payroll will likely set another MLB record this year, as they started on opening day with a payroll for competitive balance tax purposes just shy of $411 million. What they are actually paying this year is a bit different. I’ve been tracking Dodgers payroll since 2010, and as I wrote during the offseason […]

Brock Stewart continues rehab in Ontario, River Ryan on Triple-A injured list

Brock Stewart made his second rehab appearance for the Class-A Tower Buzzers on Friday night in Ontario, three days after his first appearance. This time around, Stewart retired the first two batters before allowing a two-out single then hit a batter in an eight-pitch battle. He was pulled with two outs in the inning, already […]

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Dodgers notes: Garret Anderson, Hyeseong Kim, bullpen improvement

Garrett Anderson, who played the first 15 seasons of his career with the Angels and finished up with the Dodgers in 2010, died at age 53, the Angels announced on Friday. Anderson was born and raised in Los Angeles, and played at Kennedy High School before getting drafted by the Angels in 1990. I first […]