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Shohei Ohtani homers in first live batting practice with Dodgers

More Teams. More Games. New Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani homers in his first live batting practice session of the spring. (0:21) GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani hit a towering home run in his first batting practice against live pitching since he underwent reconstructive elbow surgery — another step toward him playing in the Los Angeles […]

Dodgers trade Caleb Ferguson to Yankees, ink Ryan Brasier

Brasier’s deal, confirmed by multiple sources, is still pending the completion of a physical. Once he signs, Brasier would essentially swap places with Ferguson — obtained by the Yankees in exchange for lefty reliever Matt Gage and low-level pitching prospect Christian Zazueta Jr. — and join Evan Phillips, Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol and Joe Kelly […]

Braves pick up Charlie Morton’s option, decline Eddie Rosario’s

The return of Morton, who went 14-12 with a 3.64 ERA, was expected even though he turns 40 on Sunday. The Braves also declined the options for two right-handed relievers. Kirby Yates will receive a $1.25 million buyout after the Braves decided not to bring him back for $5.75 million. In addition, Atlanta exercised a […]

Dodgers enter offseason in search of postseason answers

More Teams. More Games. Mookie Betts and Clayton Kershaw try to make sense of the Dodgers NLDS sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks. (1:07) LOS ANGELES — The 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers were left wondering why they can’t win in October after they were swept out of the NL Division Series. They’ll spend all […]

Dodgers call up strikeout rate leader Kyle Hurt

The Los Angeles Dodgers have called up right-hander Kyle Hurt, the minor league leader in strikeout rate, to bolster their bullpen as the postseason nears, it was announced Tuesday. Hurt, 25, has 145 strikeouts in 88 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A this season and mixes a high-90s fastball with three other swing-and-miss pitches. He […]

Padres’ belief becomes reality as they pull even vs. Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — The San Diego Padres navigated through most of this regular season as an enigma. The talent on their roster often did not match up with the quality of their play. Encouraging stretches typically followed poor ones. High expectations were usually tempered quickly. Along the way, though, they seemed to find strength in […]

Dodgers’ closer-by-committee approach halts Padres

Together they halted the momentum of a San Diego Padres team that had forced itself back into a game that seemed primed for a blowout, contributing four scoreless, mostly dominant innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-3 victory in Game 1 of their National League Division Series on Tuesday night. The Dodgers, historically dominant throughout […]

Dodgers leave RHP Craig Kimbrel off NLDS roster vs. Padres

LOS ANGELES — Craig Kimbrel, an eight-time All-Star with 394 career saves, was left off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ initial postseason roster on Tuesday, a somewhat expected outcome given his season-long struggles in the ninth inning. The Dodgers are expected to go with a closer-by-committee this month, beginning with a National League Division Series matchup […]

MLB division series: Highlights, live updates and takeaways from a wild Day 1

We’re down to eight teams in the 2022 postseason after four were eliminated this past weekend in MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend. Now it’s on to the league division series: four series, best-of-five, first team to win three advances. The Philadelphia Phillies beat the defending champion Atlanta Braves in the first game of the division […]

Julio Urias to start Game 1 of NLDS for Los Angeles Dodgers

Clayton Kershaw will face former teammate Yu Darvish in Game 2, with neither team settling on its rotation thereafter. The Padres’ order was widely assumed coming off their wild-card-series win over the New York Mets, but the Dodgers were toying with the idea of flipping Urias and Kershaw. The latter scenario would have given the […]

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