Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilled
Among the news items during Thanksgiving week was the allocation of the annual $50 million bonus pool for players not yet eligible for salary arbitration. Outfielder Andy Pages and pitcher Emmet Sheehan were the two Dodgers to receive bonuses under the system, which began in 2022 with the current collective bargaining agreement. All 30 MLB […]
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Landon Knack’s second major league season saw rougher terrain as he slid further down the Dodgers depth chart, and regression on the mound. Knack had four stints in the majors in 2025, including making the opening day roster for the first two games against the Cubs in Tokyo. He pitched two scoreless innings of relief […]
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Ronan Kopp was added to the Dodgers’ 40-man roster on November 18, which puts the tall left-hander one step closer to reaching the major leagues. Same for outfielder and first baseman Ryan Ward, the reigning Pacific Coast League MVP who was added to the Dodgers’ roster on November 6. Among the perks of getting added […]
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David Finley has been with the Dodgers since 2015, the first year Andrew Friedman took over as president of baseball operations in Los Angeles. Finley, the team’s vice president of scouting, has won seven championships during his scouting career – 1997 with the Florida Marlins, 2004, 2007, and 2013 with the Boston Red Sox, and […]
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Kiké Hernández nearly had his second half of the season wiped out due to an elbow injury, but he managed to stick around until the very end, adding another incredible postseason highlight to his already impressive resume. Hernández was coming off of another subpar offensive season in 2024, but took over as the primary third […]
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Earlier in the season it looked like the Dodgers would smash their own franchise record of 40 pitchers used, set one year prior in 2024. The 2025 team was already at their 27th pitcher by May 18, with 115 games remaining on the schedule. But they only used five new pitchers after the All-Star break, […]
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Jack Little’s long road finally reached the majors this season, though his time with the Dodgers was brief, at least in Los Angeles. The Dodgers drafted Little out of Stanford in the fifth round in 2019, and like many prospects had nowhere to play in 2020 with no minor league season that year. Then came […]
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Roki Sasaki revived his rookie season by serving as the de-facto closer for the Dodgers in the postseason after struggling out of the gates as a starting pitcher. Sasaki ditched his slider and cutter from his arsenal in the postseason, relying on his devilish splitter and blazing fastball as his go-to pitch options, becoming a […]
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Noah Davis had a rough start and rough finish to his tenure in the majors with the Dodgers. Acquired for cash considerations from the Boston Red Sox on March 27 — the date of the home opener for the Dodgers, and opening day for 28 MLB teams — Davis gave the Dodgers another relief pitcher […]
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The Dodgers acquired quite a few speedy outfielders who saw time in Triple-A Oklahoma City in 2025. Esteury Ruiz and Justin Dean saw time in the majors, with Dean carving out a highly-specialized nearly daily role in the postseason. Hyeseong Kim technically counts, though most of his time came in the infield in addition to […]
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When we last left off with Tony Gonsolin, he was continuing to rehab from his second Tommy John surgery. The original plan was for Gonsolin to fight for a rotation spot in the early part of the season; however, Gonsolin injured his back while lifting weights during Spring Training, which gave Dustin May the fifth […]
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I hope everyone had a very lovely Thanksgiving, and hopefully your Black Friday hasn’t been too stressful. There’s a lot the Dodgers can be thankful for, and that’ll be a central theme regarding this morning’s links. But first, let’s take a look at the latest name tied to the Dodgers. Former San Diego Padres closer […]
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Amidst a disappointing Dodgers bullpen, Alex Vesia was one of the lone bright spots in 2025. He appeared in 68 regular season games, trailing only Anthony Banda for most on the team, and was one of just three relievers to have a sub-3.50 ERA while pitching in at least 55 innings. Although Vesia was away […]
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However you are spending this Thursday, here’s a look back at Game 7 of the World Series, a mere 26 days ago. A lot of things had to go right for the Dodgers to win a second straight championship. First came Max Muncy, whose solo home run in the eighth inning cut the Dodgers deficit […]
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Alex Call began the season with the Washington Nationals before being acquired by the Dodgers at the trade deadline. He served as quality platoon bat against left-handed pitching and hit well over a small sample size in the postseason. Call was coming off a 2024 season where he appeared in just 30 games for Washington, […]
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The World Baseball Classic will return in 2026, and with it features some of baseball’s brightest stars from around the globe representing their home country. Shohei Ohtani, then with the Angels, struck out his former Angels teammate Mike Trout to win the WBC for Team Japan. It won’t be the final moment for him in […]
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Tommy Edman was coming off an outstanding postseason run in 2024 for what would be his first full season as a Dodger in 2025. He started the year on a very strong note, at one point contending for the home run leaderboard in April, but ankle issues slowed him down throughout the majority of the […]
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With a robust farm system, an intriguing free agent class, and a growing connection to Japanese players, there are plenty of moving parts to keep track of this offseason. Luckily for the Dodgers, they have the front office talent necessary to manage all those options. Someone needs to make a documentary about what all that […]
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LOS ANGELES — Now that the baseball season is over, we can look back at the various announcer pairings the Dodgers used on both their television and radio English-language broadcasts during the 2025 season. SportsNet LA was in its 12th season of televising Dodgers games locally, the last six of which have been available more […]
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Only a little over a year ago, Jack Dreyer wasn’t even on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster. Now the left-hander is coming off a stellar first season in the Dodgers bullpen and even earned National League Rookie of the Year votes for his efforts. Signed as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa in 2021, Dreyer […]
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The Los Angeles Dodgers went through quite a few managerial changes over the 20 years from when Tommy Lasorda retired in 1996, up through 2015. Seven managers in all saw some time with the club, until the Dodgers found their man in Dave Roberts. Roberts’ hiring was announced November 23, 2015, making him the first […]
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Paul Gervase (along with Julian Fernandez and Andrew Heaney) is 2025’s answer to Connor Brodgon (and Eduardo Salazar): name the Dodger reliever who showed up with the least amount of screen time. Gervase, Fernandez, and Heaney made one appearance with two innings of work. One can be forgiven for forgetting about Gervase, provided that you […]
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For those who have forgotten, Nick Nastrini was once a promising pitching prospect in the Dodgers system who was part of the trade to the Chicago White Sox in 2023 for Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly. If you have forgotten what Nastrini brought to the table in 2023, let us return to the scouting report […]
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When Mark Walter and Guggenheim Partners purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt, it ushered in a brand new chapter of Dodgers baseball that has now resulted in them at the top of the baseball summit for two consecutive years and three out of the last six. This year, the Los Angeles Lakers were […]
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Yoendrys Gómez made a strong first impression with his second team of 2025, though his time with the Dodgers was quite brief, just 11 days on the 40-man roster. The right-hander pitched in the majors in parts of 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the Yankees before getting designated for assignment by New York in April. […]
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