WASHINGTON -- Over his time as a player and manager, Dave Roberts has been around a lot of international players who have come over to the Majors with plenty of experience and expectations. Some have responded well right away, quickly establishing themselves in the Majors. Others have taken some more

WASHINGTON -- As Gavin Lux watched the ball trickle across the infield, you could almost feel the anxiety in the Dodgers’ dugout. Once second baseman Luis García Jr. couldn’t make a diving stop, it was easy to see some relief in Lux’s face as he stood on first base. But

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Baseball Digest is honored to present its fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Dusty Baker, who retired following the 2023 season after 56 years in Major League Baseball as a player, coach and manager. “Receiving this award is a tremendous honor,” the 74-year-old Baker said. “I never thought that I’d

Three years ago, Charlie Condon attracted zero interest from pro scouts or NCAA Division I baseball programs. He wound up at Georgia as a preferred walk-on and redshirted during his first season in Athens. Now he's the best prospect in the 2024 Draft and sits atop MLB Pipeline's updated and

WASHINGTON -- Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani, who casually hit a homer with a 118.7 mph exit velocity, are good enough to beat most teams on any given night. That’s just how good the Dodgers’ trio of former Most Valuable Player Award winners is.

WASHINGTON -- In his first couple of months with Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani has awed his new teammates and coaches with what he’s capable of achieving at the plate. For years, the Dodgers have admired Ohtani from afar, but now they get to experience it on a daily basis. What

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There are a kajillion reasons to love baseball -- especially Minor League Baseball. The bobblehead, which has been greeted with an enthusiastic "Yes" from baseball fans at least since MLB put out a set featuring the likes of Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays in 1960, combines many of

LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani has done a lot to raise the bar in his career, changing what we even think of as possible in baseball. Now, he’s set the new standard for Japanese slugging excellence in MLB. Facing Mets right-hander Adrian Houser in the third inning of the Dodgers'

LOS ANGELES -- There’s really no such thing as a must-win game in April. But the Dodgers sure felt like they needed to win on Sunday. Playing the finale of a nine-game homestand, they’d already dropped their third straight series at home for the first time since Aug. 3-22, 2018,

LOS ANGELES -- If you told the Dodgers, who had lost four of their last five, that Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman would reach base a combined 12 times on Saturday, chances are everyone in the building would’ve guessed Los Angeles rolled to an easy win. But when

This story was excerpted from Juan Toribio’s Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. LOS ANGELES -- Over the past 10 days, the Dodgers have been looking for more consistency out of their starting pitching staff. During that

LOS ANGELES -- As the outs kept piling up, there was almost a sense of disbelief around Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers’ potent offense has proven time and time again that getting 27 outs against them doesn’t usually come very easily. But for the first time in 2024, the Dodgers’ offense

We've already seen several noteworthy callups in this young season. The biggest came when the Orioles promoted the best prospect in baseball, Jackson Holliday, on April 10. The Dodgers summoned fellow Top 100 prospect Andy Pages on Tuesday to bolster their outfield. When Justin Steele strained a hamstring on Opening

LOS ANGELES -- When the Dodgers were in the middle of their historic offseason, which included spending over $1 billion in contracts, most people assumed they would just steamroll opponents for six months given the star power on the roster. The reality, of course, is that the Dodgers, just like

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers came into Tuesday’s game against the Nationals in a little bit of a funk. They had lost four of their last five games and hadn't had a convincing win in quite some time. That’s exactly when teams turn to their superstars to provide a lift.

LOS ANGELES -- With the Dodgers looking for a spark in the lineup, they decided to give Andy Pages their No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline and the No. 94 overall prospect in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100, a chance in the Majors. Pages impressed everyone in big-league camp this spring,

Teams never can have too much power. The Dodgers entered Tuesday with more home runs (25 in 19 games) than any other big league team, then added more pop by calling up one of the most accomplished sluggers in the Minor Leagues. Though Los Angeles hasn't had any difficulty scoring

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Carl Erskine, who pitched in five World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers, passed away at Anderson Community Hospital in his hometown of Anderson, Ind., early Tuesday morning. He was 97. Over his 12-year career, spent entirely with the Dodgers, Erskine went 122-78 with a 4.00 ERA, earning an All-Star nod

LOS ANGELES -- His last time out, Tyler Glasnow was nearly unhittable en route to striking out 14 batters in Minnesota. In every way, he showed exactly why the Dodgers made it a priority to trade for him this winter and immediately locking him up to a long-term deal. As

LOS ANGELES -- Taking a trip to the Jackie Robinson statue in the center field plaza has become one of the most powerful traditions at Dodger Stadium on April 15, the day when all of Major League Baseball honors the life of the man who broke the color barrier in