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With Snell nearing return, Dodgers face tough rotation decision

@sonjamchen
7:10 AM PDT

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.

World Series hangover? Not for Yamamoto, who cruises into opener vs. Miami tonight

@sonjamchen
7:36 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- When Yoshinobu Yamamoto has taken the mound for the Dodgers this season, he's been as dependable as they come.

Stream Dodgers games through the MLB App

March 26, 2026

Three-peat? The Dodgers are still hungry for more as Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and newcomer Kyle Tucker are ready to defend their championship. And the best way to follow the Dodgers all season long is on SNLA+.

With 3-hit outburst, Ohtani's bat may finally be waking up after slow start

@sonjamchen
April 26, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani has been a slow starter at the plate in years past, but all told, this has been a rather unusual beginning to the season for him.

Dodgers continue run atop Power Rankings

April 26, 2026

These are the last power rankings of the first full month of the MLB season. How much do we know so far? Well, let’s go to the last power rankings of April last year. The No. 1 team in those rankings? That would be … the Mets, a team that

Smith (back tightness) sits for 2nd straight game Sunday, considered day to day

@sonjamchen
April 26, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- Catcher Will Smith was out of the Dodgers' starting lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium, missing his second straight game due to back tightness.

Latest Dodgers injuries & transactions

April 26, 2026

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Dodgers injury news and transactions.

1 newcomer on each team making a strong early impression

April 26, 2026

Everyone has an opportunity to make a strong first impression. Some, like Blue Jays ace Dylan Cease, have simply matched expectations after signing a high-profile free-agent contract with a new club. Others, like Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle and White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami, are beginning their respective Major League careers

Dodgers drop a dozen on Cubs in long-awaited offensive outburst

@sonjamchen
April 26, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the dark clouds that loomed overhead throughout Saturday evening, a light and brief rainfall was the extent of the waterworks over Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers brought a deluge of their own, however: the type of offensive downpour that had eluded them all week long.

Sasaki shows off retooled splitter -- with velo up nearly 6 mph

@sonjamchen
April 26, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- Before Roki Sasaki had thrown a pitch in the Major Leagues, those in the baseball world had already heard all about his splitter. Sasaki's signature offering had the potential to be one of the nastiest pitches in the Majors, and indeed, it looked nearly unhittable at times

Yes way, Josue: Dodgers' top prospect is off to the races at Double-A

@allisonmast13
April 26, 2026

With back-to-back World Series championships, the Dodgers are vying for baseball history this season. And down on the farm, things aren’t looking too shabby either. Josue De Paula, the club’s top prospect, has raced off to a hot start at Double-A with well-rounded offensive performances. On Saturday, De Paula went

Monday still gets letters 50 years after saving American flag from being burned

@jared_greenspan
April 25, 2026

Fifty years ago on Saturday, an innocuous fourth inning at Dodger Stadium gave way to an indelible moment in baseball -- and American -- history. On April 25, 1976, the Dodgers hosted the Cubs in the rubber match of a three-game series. In the bottom of the fourth inning, two

Dodgers' trio of high-leverage arms overpowered by surging Cubs

@sonjamchen
April 25, 2026

LOS ANGELES -- The late innings felt familiar for all the wrong reasons on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. On an evening when the Dodgers once led by four runs behind a season-best start from Emmet Sheehan, the bullpen was their undoing in a 6-4 loss to the Cubs, who

Moving Tucker down in lineup pays off for Dodgers in finale win

@sonjamchen
April 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Dodgers shook up the top of their lineup, shifting Kyle Tucker down to the cleanup spot and moving Freddie Freeman up to the two-hole for Thursday afternoon's series finale at Oracle Park. Swapping Tucker and Freeman in the order will be the plan for the "foreseeable

Glasnow rolls with dominant 8 innings to lead Dodgers past Giants

@sonjamchen
April 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO -- How locked in was Tyler Glasnow on Thursday afternoon? When he clipped the top of the zone with a 1-0 curveball but the pitch was called a ball in the fifth inning, he didn't even hesitate before tapping his cap to challenge it. "I looked a lot

Dodgers-Giants friction continues with HBP, hard slide

@sonjamchen
April 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO -- The first clash of the season between the Giants and Dodgers featured an undercurrent of tension, with Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts saying he thought San Francisco right-hander Logan Webb intentionally hit Dalton Rushing in the sixth inning of Thursday afternoon’s series finale at Oracle Park. Webb

The greatest MLB Draft class of all-time? New book makes the case for '68 Dodgers

April 24, 2026

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. Which

With Díaz out, how will Dodgers' bullpen adapt? 

@sonjamchen
April 23, 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.

Snell 'real happy' after making first rehab start with Single-A Ontario

@sonjamchen
April 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO -- Left-hander Blake Snell reached a key milestone in his rehab from left shoulder fatigue on Wednesday night, appearing in his first game this year with Single-A Ontario.

Koufax honored with lifetime achievement award from Baseball Digest

April 23, 2026

Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax, who won three Cy Young Awards, an MVP Award, five ERA titles, three pitching Triple Crowns and four World Series championships before being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, has been named the 2026 Baseball Digest/Love of the Game Auctions Lifetime Achievement

You've never seen a baseball glove (or Pokémon card) like this before

@sonjamchen
April 23, 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.

Ohtani's on-base streak ends as Dodgers blanked for 1st time in 2026

@sonjamchen
April 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the first time in the regular season since Aug. 23 of last year, Shohei Ohtani failed to reach base. Back to his full two-way duties, Ohtani shined across six scoreless innings on the mound, but he snapped his 53-game on-base streak when he went 0-for-4 at

Ohtani shrinks ERA to 0.38 with 6 scoreless innings in SF

@sonjamchen
April 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO -- Shohei Ohtani skipped off the mound, letting out a roar as he escaped the only real jam he had been in all evening long. He had just struck out Giants designated hitter Casey Schmitt with a pair of runners in scoring position in the sixth inning. With