Pablo Lopez turning corner, but Marlins do not in another extra-inning loss to Dodgers MIAMI — After struggling to find consistency for over two months, Pablo Lopez may finally be turning the corner. Miami Herald · Aug 30, 2022
For Dodgers’ Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman, playing every day is part of the deal LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living. Los Angeles Times · Aug 26, 2022
Bill Plaschke: Chasing record wins, red-hot Dodgers need to play it cool LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it. Los Angeles Times · Aug 25, 2022
Mark Bradley: Can the Braves find room for both Ozzie Albies and Vaughn Grissom? The Braves have a 25-year-old second baseman who’s a two-time All-Star and who’s under a not-lavish contract through 2027. They have an even younger second baseman who, through 14 big-league games, has an OPS of 1.123 and a batting average of .420. The former is Ozzie Albies, who’s rehabbing a… Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022
Theft on the rise: How the Dodgers became baseball's improbable men of steal LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' preferred method of offense is to bludgeon opponents with a loaded lineup of power hitters proficient at working counts, hunting mistakes and giving themselves self-congratulatory taps on their helmets as they circle the bases. Los Angeles Times · Aug 24, 2022
Trayce Thompson drives in 4 runs as Dodgers pound Brewers LOS ANGELES — Unless that Cash Considerations fella turns into an All-Star, this is going to go down as one very lopsided trade. The Orange County Register · Aug 24, 2022
Dylan Hernández: Dodgers' destruction of Sandy Alcantara isn't a fluke. This team can hit good pitching. This game that didn't count for much, this midsummer game against another overmatched and underfunded opponent, was also a statement game. Los Angeles Times · Aug 22, 2022
Freddie Freeman donates half million dollars to his HS baseball team Dodgers star Freddie Freeman gave back to his roots, donating $500,000 to El Moderna's baseball team to help build a new clubhouse. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 21, 2022
Dustin May thrives in his return from Tommy John surgery as Dodgers blank Marlins LOS ANGELES — Tommy John surgery is so common, with hundreds of pitchers from high school to the big leagues undergoing the elbow ligament replacement procedure every year, and its success rate (80% to 90%) so high that it almost seems routine. Los Angeles Times · Aug 21, 2022
With no one home, Mookie Betts scores go-ahead run in Dodgers’ win over Marlins LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers cleanup batter Will Smith hit an eighth-inning grounder to the left of Miami third baseman Jon Berti with runners on first and third and one out in a tie game Friday night. Los Angeles Times · Aug 20, 2022
Mark Bradley: The Braves are really, really good. Get used to it. Ten days ago, the Braves left New York having lost four of five to the Mets, whose lead in the National League East had grown to 6.5 games. The Braves had lost three in a row for the first time in 2022. They weren’t quite reeling, but they’d suffered a… Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022
Tony Gonsolin flirts with perfection as Dodgers turn winning streak up KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Put this guy in pictures. Kansas City Royals reliever Josh Staumont entered a pristine game in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers promptly lit him up with four hits and a walk en route to an 8-3 victory Friday night. Los Angeles Times · Aug 13, 2022
Royals were beating bases-loaded, nobody-out odds, until Dodgers heated up for victory KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the second time in two games, the Royals escaped ultimate baseball danger. They didn’t allow a run after the opponent loaded the bases with no outs. Tribune News Service · Aug 13, 2022
Mark Bradley: Jason Heyward’s career takes another abrupt turn It was 2010. Jason Heyward was baseball’s No. 1 prospect. In spring training, he launched baseballs that pelted cars parked behind the outfield fence at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. He was from McDonough. He was big, strong and fast. He was wise beyond his tender years. Crusty folks who’d… Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Aug 8, 2022 Dylan Hernández: Dodgers' dominance means only one thing — they must win the World Series By now, the years are starting to blend together, the decade-long renaissance making one season indistinguishable from the last. October baseball is now taken for granted in this city.
Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022 Dodgers shut out Padres to complete sweep LOS ANGELES — Yu Darvish pivoted on top of the mound to watch Freddie Freeman’s grounder roll through a hole on the left side of the infield, leaned back and looked briefly to the sky.
Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022 Michael Cunningham: Braves get better, but Padres close gap with Juan Soto ATLANTA — There’s no way the Braves could match the package that the Padres offered to acquire Nationals superstar Juan Soto on Tuesday. The Braves no longer have the top-rated prospects necessary to pull it off. Anyway, it’s unlikely the team would want to do a deal like that. There’s…
Los Angeles Times · Aug 2, 2022 Bill Shaikin: San Diego gets another bolt of excitement with Padres' addition of Juan Soto In the now-demolished stadium where the San Diego Padres used to play, summer would turn to fall, the postseason would go on without the Padres, and the local football team would take over the field.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 24, 2022 Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner laughed after Mookie Betts took a 98 mph pitch off the butt Walk it off!
Los Angeles Times · Jul 24, 2022 Julio Urias excels and three stars homer as Dodgers top Giants for seventh win in row LOS ANGELES — So far, the Los Angeles Dodgers have started the second half of their season much like they finished the first.
The Orange County Register · Jul 24, 2022 Dodgers club three home runs against Giants in shutout victory LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman have batted first, second or third for the Dodgers in every game they have started this season. That includes the All-Star Game on Tuesday, in which all three represented the Dodgers on their home field. They have been the team’s…
The Orange County Register · Jul 21, 2022 Dodgers in a familiar place at the break but with unfamiliar faces LOS ANGELES — For the rest of the National League West, the view is very familiar.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 21, 2022 Here comes baseball’s second half Trade deadline intrigue, Mariners’ surge, Central races among top storylines
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022 Stanton, Buxton HRs lead AL over NL for 9th straight ASG win Giancarlo Stanton and Byron Buxton homered back-to-back in the fourth inning to rally the American League over the National League 3-2 in the All-Star Game
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 18, 2022 Benjamin Hochman: Cardinals’ Paul Goldschmidt could win batting title, ‘slash’ triple crown As we take a moment to breathe during the All-Star break, perhaps now is a nice time for a little perspective.