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Cincinnati Reds’ Hunter Greene sets velocity volume record in loss to Los Angeles Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — On a cool Southern California evening, Cincinnati Reds rookie Hunter Greene brought some record-setting heat. After five overpowering innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally caught up. Trea Turner launched a two-run homer to snap a scoreless tie in the sixth and the Dodgers beat the skidding Reds 5-2 on Saturday night for […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Dodgers beyond excited to welcome Freddie Freeman aboard
The addition of former MVP Freddie Freeman, who sources said agreed to a six-year, $162 million deal with the team Wednesday night, was the talk of the room as players reported for spring practice Thursday morning. A good team knows it just got a whole lot better. “Excited is an understatement,” third baseman Justin Turner […]
Continue readingDodgers’ Max Scherzer dominates hometown Cardinals with 13 K’s to climb MLB ranks, says, ‘I don’t get caught up in the results’
ST. LOUIS — Max Scherzer struck out 13 in his hometown, and Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. Scherzer (13-4) permitted one unearned run and six hits in eight innings in his 104th double-digit strikeout game, including six against […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Dodgers’ Albert Pujols robbed of walk-off homer; San Francisco Giants win in 10
LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols lingered near the batter’s box after connecting. Many L.A. players jumped the dugout rail. And lots of fans at Dodger Stadium raised their arms, all ready to celebrate. Mike Tauchman had other ideas. Tauchman remarkably reached over the left-field wall to rob Pujols of a walk-off home run in the […]
Continue readingFor Dodgers, back in front of full Houston stadium, Astros scandal still lingers: ‘It’ll always be something weird there’
“It’ll always be something weird there,” Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes said in his pregame videoconference with the media. “Those games were important to us, obviously. I know it’s a while ago, but I don’t know, there’s something weird there. It’s different coming back. You just wanna beat these guys. That’s what we’ll go out there […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings: Dodgers, Padres and then chaos reigns on our Week 3 list
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres held on to their perch atop our MLB Power Rankings as they prepare to meet again — this time in a four-game series starting Thursday at Dodger Stadium. Putting the two NL West rivals there was the easy part. But putting any order to the rest of […]
Continue reading2021 MLB Opening Day lineups for every game
Major League Baseball is back for a full 162-game 2021 season after a very unique 2020. Not sure who is starting for your team on Opening Day? We’re tracking batting orders from across the league as teams start to play in front of their home fans again for the first time since the pandemic began. […]
Continue readingSt. Louis Cardinals’ Jack Flaherty, Atlanta Braves’ Mike Soroka win arbitration cases
Flaherty was awarded a raise from from $604,500 to $3.9 million by arbitrators Howard Edelman, Steven Wolf and Walt De Treux, who heard arguments Feb. 5. The Cardinals had submitted $3 million. Soroka was given a raise from $583,500 to $2.8 million by arbitrators Frederic Horowitz, Margaret Brogan and Robert Herzog, who heard arguments Friday. […]
Continue readingNew York Mets’ J.D. Davis, Baltimore Orioles’ Anthony Santander lose arbitration cases
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander also lost his case. He also will receive $2.1 million, after he had asked for a raise from $572,500 to $2,475,000. Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Ji-Man Choi was the lone winner in the three cases Friday, getting a raise from $850,000 to $2.45 million after the team had argued […]
Continue readingCody Bellinger agrees to 1-year, $16.1M contract with Los Angeles Dodgers
The team also agreed to one-year deals with shortstop Corey Seager ($13.75 million) and left-hander Julio Urias ($3.6 million), but it couldn’t come to terms with ace Walker Buehler or catcher Austin Barnes. Bellinger was the 2019 National League MVP and 2017 NL Rookie of the Year. He hit a career-low .239 with 12 homers […]
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