Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who had shoulder surgery in November, rejoined the team at Camelback Ranch to continue his rehab. Also, perspective on the way Shohei Ohtani revealed his marriage publicly, and a look at the caps the Dodgers and Padres will wear in South Korea.
The Dodgers have their only split squad day of 2024 spring training on Saturday, hosting the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch and visiting the Milwaukee Brewers in Maryvale. Here’s how to watch and listen.
After taking a pitch to the hand, Max Muncy could return to the lineup as early as Friday against Cleveland, plus more on Mookie Betts’ ambitions of being a baseball legend, Steve Garvey’s congressional campaign, and the retirement of a former Dodgers prospect.
Some notes from the Dodgers’ spring training game against the Reds in Goodyear, including James Paxton striking out four in two innings, Mookie Betts hitting a home run, and Gavin Lux committing a second error in as many tries in the Cactus League so far.
Kiké Hernández, who signed a one-year, $4 million contract to return to the Dodgers, talked about his free agency process and his path back to the Dodgers on Foul Territory. Here’s how he returned to Los Angeles.
Yohinobu Yamamoto struck out three in two scoreless innings in his Dodgers spring training debut. Also agains the Rangers, Max Muncy was hit by a pitch on his left ring finger and will get X-rays.
Veteran second baseman Kolten Wong, who played the final month of 2023 with the Dodgers and made the NLDS roster, signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles in free agency, which includes a non-roster invitation to spring training.
Shohei Ohtani will hit second in the Dodgers’ lineup in 2024, plus more on Teoscar Hernandez working to become a more complete hitter, Ohtani’s extreme attention to detail and hunger for knowledge, Matt Kemp accepting an advisory role, and the exciting return of Enrique Hernandez.
Some news and notes from the Dodgers spring training win over the White Sox, besides Shohei Ohtani’s home run. Michael Grove entered mid-inning to get used to working in relief, Chris Okey homered, while Jose Ramos and Ryan Ward impressed in limited duty.
Shohei Ohtani hit a home run in his first spring training game with the Dodgers, an opposite-field two-run. shot against White Sox pitcher Dominic Leone.
The Dodgers will have Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman in the same lineup for the first time on Tuesday against the White Sox. Those three are batting in that order, first, second, and third in the lineup.
On a day the Dodgers traded Manuel Margot and re-signed Kiké Hernández, they also beat the Rockies in a Cactus League game in Scottsdale, with help from Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Gavin Lux, Jose Ramos, and Ryan Yarbrough.