Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilled
The Dodgers have enjoyed incredible stability at the catching position for several years, but this season was more chaotic, and not just because the team transitioned from veteran Austin Barnes to top prospect Dalton Rushing. Chuckie Robinson was one of five catchers used by the Dodgers in 2025. Will Smith debuted midway through the 2019 […]
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James Outman struggled mightily for a second straight year following his breakout rookie season, playing in just 22 games with the Dodgers before being traded to the Minnesota Twins at the trade deadline. After making the opening day roster in each of the past two seasons, Outman opened the season in Triple-A with the Oklahoma […]
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Roki Sasaki was expected to be a fixture of the Dodgers’ rotation for the 2025 season. After eight starts, Sasaki would miss four months of time, and instead of returning to the rotation, he was tasked with appearing out of the bullpen to end the season. After two dominant relief outings, Sasaki was named the […]
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José Ureña had a record-setting year in 2025, and that included a week with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ureña not only joined the Buddy Kennedy club, playing for both World Series teams — the Dodgers and Blue Jays — but the veteran pitcher tied a major league record by pitching for five teams in 2025. […]
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Gavin Stone was the answer to a trivia question in 2024, as he led a championship team in both starts (25) and innings pitched (140 1/3), but did not pitch during the postseason. The right-hander had shoulder surgery in October 2024, which not only wiped out a potential playoff run but also the entire 2025 […]
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The Dodgers have won back-to-back World Championships. Yes, I was there at Game 7, serving as a calming force for others, a fact that I will harp on for the foreseeable future. Even hardened cynics are proclaiming that this World Series is the best of all time. I’m not sure I can go that far, […]
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A baseball season takes a while to complete, and it’s especially long for teams that start early overseas and for teams that advance all the way to the World Series. The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers started their season on March 18 in Tokyo and ended on November 1 in Toronto, the longest season in MLB […]
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It is rare in sports that excitement and expectation are fulfilled in such a wholesome way as has been the case with Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. By securing his second straight NL MVP, Ohtani is two for two in World Series rings and Most Valuable Player awards since joining the Dodgers. What else could […]
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When we last left off with Young Master Wrobleski in 2024, he had the opportunity to succeed in the 2025 season due to a combination of makeup and stuff. No one doubted Wrobleski’s temperament when it came to going after batters. Where Wrobleski had significant room to improve was in throwing quality pitches at the […]
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto was a top-three candidate for the 2025 NL Cy Young award, but it was Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes that took home the award unanimously. Yamamoto finished in third place, receiving zero first or second place votes as Philadelphia Phillies southpaw Cristopher Sánchez finished as the unanimous runner-up. The record didn’t look too […]
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The Dodgers announced on Wednesday that Tony Gonsolin was outrighted and selected free agency and Ben Rortvedt was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. Since there was no indication that Rortvedt had been designated for assignment, the Dodgers’ 40-man roster is now down to 39. A sixth round draft pick out of St. Mary’s […]
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The 11-season run by Austin Barnes with the Dodgers ended when the veteran backstop was released in May. Dalton Rushing was ready in the wings, and the Dodgers were set on defending their World Series title by improving the team in any way they could. There was no room for sentimentality earlier in the season […]
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The stove is sizzling and the temperature is rising. The offseason is officially here. The Dodgers now own the exclusive mantra as the two-time defending champions of baseball, and they won their most recent championship with a glaring issue that the Dodgers tried to mitigate in the postseason. The Dodgers’ 2025 bullpen was undoubtedly the […]
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Tommy Edman was limited to just 97 games over the regular season, requiring two separate stints on the injured list as he dealt with right ankle inflammation and later a right ankle sprain. Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes told Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic that Edman will be undergoing right ankle surgery next week, with […]
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Dave Roberts failed to get even a single vote for the 2025 National League Manager of the Year, and for the second straight season, Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy has been named the recipient of the award. Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona finished second in voting after coming out of a brief retirement, and Philadelphia […]
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Andy Pages followed up a solid rookie campaign with a stellar sophomore season where he placed second on the team in home runs behind Shohei Ohtani. Despite a horrible postseason, he had his bright spots, including a season saving catch in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series. The Dodgers attempted to […]
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In the Formula 1 world, “silly season” refers to the period—usually around the sport’s summer break—when rumors about drivers’ contracts and team plans for the next year start picking up more speed than a car going down a straight. In baseball, that period starts immediately after the last pitch of the World Series is thrown, […]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball’s foremost authority on the Rookie of the Year award, didn’t exactly have a memorable campaign on the subject in 2025, but still found a way to sneak at least one player into the voting poll. Jack Dreyer received two top 5 votes in the National League, with Braves […]
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Mookie Betts successfully navigated his first full season at a new, more challenging defensive position, while also having the worst offensive season of his Hall of Fame career. And he was candid about going through the many challenges of his season. In retrospect, getting sent home early from the season-opening trip to Tokyo and not […]
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Ryan Loutos started the season in the Cardinals organization and ended the year with the Nationals. But in between he spent 40 days with the Dodgers. The Dodgers tied their franchise record by using 40 pitchers in 2025, matching 2024. Loutos was No. 25 on the list, when he debuted for them on May 16 […]
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Given how strong and healthy the Dodgers starting pitching was over the final two months of the regular season and into the postseason, it’s easy to forget some of the previous contributors waiting in the wings to return. Among those is River Ryan, who impressed in his brief major league debut in 2024. Ryan was […]
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Former Dodgers reliever Matt Sauer has found a new home overseas for the 2026 season. On Friday, Sauer has signed with the KT Wiz of the KBO on a one-year deal worth $950,000. He will receive $750,000 via salary and an additional $200,000 via signing bonus. Jee-ho Yoo of Yonhap News was the first to […]
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Buddy Kennedy was this year’s Taylor Trammell, as he played for both 2025 World Series teams, the Dodgers and Blue Jays. Just like last year, when Trammell started the year in the Mariners system and then played for the Dodgers and Yankees. Kennedy in 2025 started the season with the Phillies, then found his way […]
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As previously reported, before the rosters were announced for the 2025 World Series, Alex Vesia announced that he was stepping away from the team because of a “deeply personal family matter.” Vesia and his wife, Kayla, were expecting their first child at the time of the announcement. “It’s with a heavy heart that we share […]
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Zach Penrod is in many ways the reason why I enjoy this annual series of player reviews. The left-hander did not pitch for the Dodgers in 2025, but did spend six weeks on the 40-man roster. He was deemed important enough to occupy a roster spot, so why not chronicle his time with the team, […]
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