Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Oklahoma City routed Sugar Land 22-1. Austin Gauthier, Alex Freeland, and Jake Gelof, all of whom were promoted on Tuesday, each homered on Thursday for their new teams. Thursday was a huge night for Dodgers minor leaguers who were promoted earlier this week. Player of the day Ben Casparius in his Triple-A debut picked up right where he left off from Tulsa with five scoreless innings with five strikeouts at Sugar Land. He worked around three singles and three walks to keep his line spotless. Casparius got two whiffs and seven called strikes on the ..read more

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Third series of the season between the Dodgers and Padres, this time beginning Friday night at Petco Park in San Diego The Dodgers and Padres meet in a third city in a 51-day span with Friday’s series opener at Petco Park. This is the first of two trips to San Diego this season for the Dodgers, who have already played the Padres in Seoul and Los Angeles so far in 2024. This is technically a matchup of first- and second-place teams in the National League West, but the Dodgers’ 6½-game lead over the Padres is the largest divisional lead in MLB, thanks to a 14-2 ..read more

Adric and me. Rogers Centre. April 27, 2024 | Michael Elizondo / True Blue LA Field report of Michael Elizondo from visiting Nationals Park for the first time since 2015 and Rogers Centre for the first time And we’re back! At the start of this season, I visited 23 out of the 30 major league stadiums for True Blue LA. The following is my field report from revisiting Washington, D.C., and visiting Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the first time. Love is the death of duty https://t.co/3HChZPrOCj pic.twitter.com/iOv9DQeyG4 — Michael Elizondo (@elidelajandro) April 25, 2024 Washington, D.C. will alw ..read more

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Dodgers’ infield has been a pleasant surprise so far thanks to top-ranked defense. The Dodgers’ infield has become a surprising asset, writes Doug Padilla at the OC Register. Once thought to be the team’s weakest link, infield defense is dramatically exceeding expectations. The team shook things up by moving Gavin Lux out of shortstop, Mookie Betts into the position, and Miguel Rojas into a backup role. Now, the infield is third in the major leagues in FanGraphs’ defensive runs saved ranking. That accomplishment has been a team effort, said manager D ..read more

Elieser Hernandez #52 of the Los Angeles Dodgers poses for a portrait during photo day at Camelback Ranch on February 21, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images A recap of Wednesday in the Dodgers minor leagues, with two wins and two losses. Player of the day Patrick Copen struck out six in five scoreless innings for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga in his longest outing as a professional since the Dodgers drafted the right-hander out of Marshall in the seventh round last year. He induced 13 swinging strikes among his 77 pitches. Copen allowed two hits and two walks, but s ..read more

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images LA has outscored opponents 100-31 over the last two and a half weeks, widening their NL West lead to 6½ games The Dodgers finished off a perfect homestand by winning their seventh straight game. That longest win streak of the season came only a few games after the previous longest winning streak. That’s the recipe for 14 wins in 16 games, and Los Angeles separating themselves from the rest of the National League West. In the last homestand, the Dodgers lost six of their first eight games, and lost all three series at Dodger Stadium. Things we ..read more

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images As part of plea deal, former interpreter would need to pay nearly $17 million in restitution to Shohei Ohtani Ippei Mizuhara, the longtime interpreter for Shohei Ohtani who was fired by the Dodgers on March 20, agreed to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of tax fraud, the United States Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday. Mizuhara’s arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday, May 14. “The extent of this defendant’s deception and theft is massive,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a press release. “He took advanta ..read more

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports 7 wins in a row for LA Gavin Stone pitched seven strong innings and Teoscar Hernández drove in all three runs in the Dodgers’ win over the Marlins on Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, completing a three-game sweep ..read more

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Gavin Stone pitched seven strong innings. Teoscar Hernández drove in all three runs, including a two-run home run as the Dodgers completed a perfect homestand Wednesday’s daytime series finale wasn’t as explosive as the first two games, and runs were harder to come by. But thanks to a pair of two-out hits by Teoscar Hernández and more excellent pitching by Gavin Stone, the Dodgers beat the Marlins 3-1 and finished off their second sweep in a row. After the Dodgers scored 14 runs in the first two games, there wan’s much of a storm under Wednesday’s sunny sk ..read more

Jason Heyward has been out since April 3 due to low back tightness, but that hasn’t limited the production from the Dodgers’ outfield. Free agent signing Teoscar Hernández has played as advertised; a great power threat who collects RBIs in bunches with a tendency to strike out. Since being called up from Triple-A, Andy Pages has quietly put himself in the Rookie of the Year conversation and leads all Dodgers outfielders in wRC+. The interchangeable mix of Chris Taylor, James Outman, and Kiké Hernández haven’t lived up to expectations, but haven’t weighed down the effectivity of the lineup too ..read more