Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodgers’ Ryan Pepiot continues at IL with oblique injury: How it affects team turnover

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Right-handed, rusher Ryan Pibiot will start the season on the 15-day injured list with a slanting strain, the team announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: Pepiot, 25, ranked No. 13 the athleteList of Dodgers prospects. He will be replaced at the Los Angeles tournament by right-hander Michael Grove, the team’s 16th prospect. He made his Premier League debut last season on May 11th. In nine games, he posted a 3.47 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings pitched. The Dodgers opened the season Thursday with the first…

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Shuhei Ohtani for the Dodgers? Juan Soto extended? 23 Bowden Predictions for the 2023 MLB Season

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With the opening date only a few days away, it’s time to score again with predictions for the 2023 season and beyond in the off-season. While we wait for the season to kick off, here are 23 bold (and not so bold) predictions for the year. Like all preseason predictions, some will come out and others will flop. Let me know what you think, and share your predictions, in the comments section. 1. Juan Soto, who turned down a 15-year, $440 million offer from the Nationals before he was traded…

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Minors Madness: Round 1, Hoo-Hoos and Gasbags regions

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The bracket of 64 teams is set. Let’s admire it: As you can see, Friday’s vote in the Gasbags didn’t result in a single surprise. It was the least dramatic round of voting yet. Good fare for the Senators, Fightin Phils, Braves, Aviators, Cubs, Missions, Threshers, Redbirds, Clippers, Braves (again), Bandits, Dodgers and Baysox. The closest match was between Emeralds No. 16 and Blue Rocks No. 17, which was determined by a margin of 53.8-46.2 percent. But, before we looked forward, a quick shout out to the defeated Blue Rocks.…

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Freddie Freeman on Dansby Swanson transfer, impact on Cubs: ‘This is a winner’

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Mesa, Arizona — Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson were planning dinner with their wives after Wednesday’s game at Sloan Park. Freeman played for Team Canada in a warm-up for the World Baseball Classic, honoring the memory of his mother, Rosemary, who grew up in Ontario and died of melanoma in 2000. Freeman always wears a long-sleeved T-shirt under his shirt, paying homage to the way his mother dressed while she battled cancer. Skin. There are several good restaurants within driving distance of the Chicago Cubs facility in Mesa, where Loop…

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Dodger details: Check out Diego Cartagea, and other prospects at the big league camp

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PHOENIX – For Diego Cartaya, his first time sitting out in big-league spring training was all about the details. Just look at the chain #21 dangling around his neck – a tribute to Roberto Clemente, one of the idols of Latin players including the Venezuelan Cartaia. The 21-year-old is the best prospect in baseball and the sixth best overall according to the athleteKeith Law, in a crowded room of an organization with a wealth of striking depth. Provides a great viewing opportunity. “I mean, they’re old people,” Kartaya said. “You…

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Yasiel Puig faces new charge in sports gambling investigation; Former MLB player’s attorney alleges racial bias

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Former MLB player Yasiel Puig faces a new obstruction of justice charge in connection with his involvement in an illegal sports gambling operation. In November, Puig withdrew from an agreement to plead guilty to a felony charge of lying to federal investigators and changing his plea to not guilty. Puig pleaded not guilty to both charges on Friday in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles TimesThe trial date has been set for April 25. “We are disappointed that the United States Attorney’s Office has further entrenched itself in its unfair prosecution…

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Dodgers and David Peralta agree to a one-year, $6.5 million deal: Sources

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Dodgers and outfielder David Peralta agree to a one-year, $6.5 million deal, league sources confirm the athlete. Incentives could raise the deal to $8 million. Here’s what you need to know: Peralta, 35, hit 12 home runs and 59 RBIs in 134 games for the Diamondbacks and Rays in 2022, going 0.251/.316/.415 for the season. He has spent most of his career in left field but also has experience at center. Peralta, who is entering his tenth season in MLB, is a Silver Slugger Award winner (2018) and Gold Glove…

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Notes from Dodgers FanFest: Field Center, Chris Taylor Offseason and More

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LOS ANGELES — News about Miguel Rojas capped off a busy day of FanFest at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, as the former on and off Dodger signed a contract extension that guarantees him no less than $11 million over the next two seasons, with the club. For 2025 that guarantee could be pushed to $15 million. Rojas, who will turn 34 shortly before Opening Day, is set to become a free agent after the season. The new deal will pay him $5 million in both 2023 and 2024, with a…

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Dodgers make a “late” decision to pull Fernando Valenzuela’s number

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It’s a number of chimes, one highlighted in red below blue text Dodgers And it immediately conjures up images without which the long history of the franchise cannot be told. Like No. 42 and Jackie, No. 32 and Sandy, it was No. 34, and Fernando. 34 was so amazing that “FernandoMania” became an early ’80s phenomenon, with a 20-year-old rocking the sport and inspiring a community of Mexican-Americans in the Los Angeles area who still roar when they hear the name Valenzuela. Valenzuela was exceptional—the shutout, the hitter, the moments…

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