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What one big swing can tell us about Ohtani bouncing back

4:06 PM PST

Shohei Ohtani just spent the better part of two months getting outslugged by Chandler Simpson, which -- no offense to Simpson -- should never happen. But when your knee hurts and your arm hurts, well, it might just mess with your swing, even if it's a four-time MVP-caliber swing. And

Even a banged-up Ohtani dazzles enough to earn nod as MVP finalist

@sonjamchen
November 2, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- Injuries might have spelled a disappointing end to his year, but Shohei Ohtani still put together a season to remember. Ohtani was named a finalist for the 2026 National League Most Valuable Player Award, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and announced on

Way-too-early look at how Dodgers' roster could shape up in '27

@sonjamchen
October 31, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- A new champion has been crowned. The offseason, which began for the Dodgers far earlier than they would have liked, is here for every big league team. Even with nine players departing in free agency -- chief among them left-hander Tarik Skubal -- the Dodgers' roster is

Dodgers EVP/COO Bob Wolfe announces retirement

@sonjamchen
October 30, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers announced on Friday that Bob Wolfe, their executive vice president and chief operating officer, is set to retire at the end of this year, his 14th with the team and his 47th overall as a professional sports executive. Wolfe's career in professional sports has long

Ohtani, Muncy, Pages among Dodgers up for major awards

@sonjamchen
October 28, 2026

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LIVE: Watch Dodgers prospects in Arizona Fall League action

@brendan_samson
5:22 PM PST

The World Series is over but you can still watch live baseball featuring many of baseball's top up-and-coming players. The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is in full swing, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout November as AFL matchups are once again streaming

Latest Dodgers injuries & transactions

October 30, 2026

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates.

This is the 2026 Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby field

3:33 PM PST

The Arizona Fall League Home Run Derby returns for the fourth year with a little bit of a different look to the long ball competition. This year’s contest is slated for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. local time) at Salt River Fields. The eight participants will face off

Checking in on No. 4 prospect Morales in winter ball

November 2, 2026

The World Series is over but important reps are being taken for a number of prospects this offseason in winter ball. Nine players on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list have been making noise along with some other up-and-comers during the first few weeks of game action. Additionally, Tigres del

With an eye on defensive growth, 'sky's the limit' for De Paula

@sonjamchen
October 24, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- He may have taken just 45 total plate appearances at the big league level, but Josue De Paula already looks like someone who could be a difference maker for the Dodgers in 2027 and beyond. The Dodgers' top prospect (No. 4 overall, per MLB Pipeline) hardly missed

Presenting the 2026 All-Postseason Team

@jared_greenspan
October 29, 2026

The 2026 postseason is in the books, and it ended in a way we’d never seen before. The Brewers laid waste to the baseball landscape and romped to the first World Series title in franchise history. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win in Game 5

The best moment from each series during the playoffs

October 30, 2026

The postseason is momentous. It is a collection of stories and stats and, most of all, snapshots. After the long, slow grind of the regular season, these great teams and elite athletes have to summon something extra within themselves to come through in the clutch while the rest of us

Ohtani won't need surgery, expects to return to 2-way form. How that looks is up in the air

@sonjamchen
October 21, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers are expecting Shohei Ohtani to be fully healthy by the beginning of the 2027 season. But after ongoing injuries derailed him in '26, they will have to evaluate what they can do differently to successfully get him through next year as a two-way player. Ohtani

Former two-sport star Sam Horn getting first taste of pro ball in Fall League

October 26, 2026

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Sam Horn had to flip the mental switch immediately. A two-sport athlete at the University of Missouri, Horn went to the Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2025 Draft despite pitching only 15 total innings over three seasons in the SEC. Tommy John surgery got in

Rushing undergoes surgery to repair partially torn UCL in right elbow

@sonjamchen
October 21, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers backup catcher Dalton Rushing had surgery to repair the partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on Wednesday. Rushing's surgery was expected to be a hybrid internal brace procedure. His timeline to return to catching is nine months, and he is expected back as

Tolle, Rojas, Clement to serve as World Series correspondents

October 22, 2026

Major League Baseball on Thursday announced that Boston Red Sox breakout star pitcher Payton Tolle, two-time World Series Champion Miguel Rojas and MLB All-Star Ernie Clement of the Toronto Blue Jays will serve as World Series Correspondents during the 2026 World Series presented by Capital One, featuring the Milwaukee Brewers

118.2 mph exit velo! 103.8 mph fastball! These are the Arizona Fall League Statcast leaders

October 27, 2026

The Arizona Fall League is roughly midway through its 34th season, its second with Statcast technology available at all six of its ballparks. While only one Top 100 prospect shows up on the positional leaderboards (covering games through Oct. 25) below, the developmental circuit's highest-rated pitcher has dominated in terms

These are the 5 most pressing offseason questions for Dodgers

@sonjamchen
October 21, 2026

This story was excerpted from Sonja Chen's Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Each team's top performer from the 2026 Draft

October 21, 2026

You can only make one first impression. Organizations handle recent Draft picks in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, they’ll hold them back for lighter work at the Spring Training complex, work that continues into fall instructs or bridge-league play. Sometimes, they’ll push them out to an affiliate to get their

What Dodgers can learn from Ohtani's injury-plagued 2026

@sonjamchen
October 19, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- As lingering injuries began to take their toll on Shohei Ohtani during the regular season, the Dodgers frequently returned to the same refrain: What mattered most was him feeling the best he could in October. Coming off extended rest from his time on the IL and the

This Dodgers prospect has all the tools to succeed -- can he put them together?

@JesseABorek
October 21, 2026

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Long after all of his Glendale Desert Dogs teammates had gone inside, Chase Harlan stood at the hot corner underneath the Arizona sun before Tuesday’s game and had infield coach Philip Caulfield pepper grounders to his left, right and in front of him. Even after a short

Will LA target Skubal in free agency? Here are the questions facing Dodgers this offseason

@sonjamchen
October 16, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- The offseason has come earlier than expected for the Dodgers. Before they had fully digested Thursday night's 6-4 loss to the Brewers in Game 4 of the NL Championship Series -- which ended their season and their three-peat bid -- the Dodgers had to grapple with the

Ohtani says he 'definitely' plans to pitch in 2027

Injuries kept the two-way star off the mound over the season's final 3 months
October 16, 2026

The Dodgers' season ended Thursday night with Shohei Ohtani standing in the on-deck circle, ready to hit. His season as a two-way player effectively ended back in July, when multiple injuries -- chiefly left knee inflammation and right biceps inflammation -- compromised his ability on the mound. It also affected