Austin Gauthier #82 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats during the fourth inning of a spring training game against the Texas Rangers at Surprise Stadium on February 28, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images All four Dodgers affiliates won their games on Wednesday Walker Buehler made his fifth minor league start on Wednesday, and pitched into the fifth inning in Albuquerque. Also on Wednesday, Dodgers affiliates had a clean sweep for the first time in 2024, and did so in five games to boot. Player of the day Tulsa shortstop Austin Gauthier had his seco ..read more

Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler pitches for Triple-A Oklahoma City in Albuquerque on a rehab assignment on April 24, 2024. | from MiLBtv Walker Buehler allowed five runs (three earned) in the offensive haven in Triple-A Albuquerque. When he might return to the Dodgers remains to be seen. Walker Buehler in his fifth minor league rehab start pitched into the fifth inning for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday night in the high altitude of Albuquerque. Buehler’s trouble came in the second and third innings, allowing a home run in each inning. He also gave up three doubles, and a total of fiv ..read more

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Will Smith and Mookie Betts each had four hits, Shohei Ohtani had three doubles to back six strong innings by Knack for his first major league win. Will Smith and Mookie Betts had four hits each and Landon Knack for a second straight start settled down after an early blip in the Dodgers’ 11-2 rout the Nationals on Wednesday night at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. Wednesday was a pitching rematch of last Wednesday in Los Angeles, when the Dodgers did not score against Jake Irvin in six innings (or anyone else after that). But in this game, the Dodgers had their c ..read more

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports The Dodgers and the Nationals are back at it for the middle game of the series. Los Angeles is looking for its first run off Jake Irvin in 2024. Landon Knack is on the mound for his second start, in a rematch from last Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. Washington is without outfielder Lane Thomas, who sprained the MCL in his left knee while stealing second base in the fifth inning on Tuesday. Today he was placed on the injured list, and infielder Trey Lipscomb was called up from Triple-A Rochester. Lineups Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup at Nationals: pic.twitter.com/JbuTzb ..read more

A look at baseball cards of current Dodgers players in the style of the 1975 Topps baseball card set. There’s another new baseball card set out this year, and it’s also an old set, in a row. This is the 2024 Topps Heritage set, which uses the style of an old Topps set from 49 years earlier. A few weeks back we also looked at Series 1 of this year’s regular Topps set. This year’s old set is 1975 Topps, with the technicolor two-tone borders and block lettering at the top. Here’s a look at Shohei Ohtani’s first Dodgers card in a Heritage set: The base set of the 2024 Heritage set has 500 cards ..read more

Vivek Ranadive (center), owner of the Sacramento River Cats | Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images The Oakland Athletics are West Sacramento bound. The upcoming series in Oakland in August will likely be the last time for Dodgers fans to see the Athletics play in Oakland. For those not paying attention, here is how this situation has unfolded. West Sacramento Bound Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images for IRONMAN Late April 3 or early April 4 (depending on when and where you are), news broke that the Athletics are finally leaving Oakland. On September 26, 2024, the Athletics will pla ..read more

Hunter Feduccia #67 hits a RBI single in the top of the ninth inning during the exhibition game between Los Angeles Dodgers and Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 17, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. | Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images A wild Tuesday night in the Dodgers minor leagues Blake Treinen started a rehab assignment for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday night in Albuquerque that could last at least a week. Treinen was pitching in the fifth inning, and when he walked off the mound, there were 13 runs scored so far in that game, and 17 more runs were scored after he left. It was that k ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Paxton allowed only one run Tuesday in Washington, but on the season has more walks (17) than strikeouts (11). Dodgers plan to give him five days rest before his next start on Monday in Phoenix, which means either a spot start or bullpen game this weekend in Toronto. When the Dodgers signed James Paxton to a one-year contract in January, they bet on the quality of his pitching while on the mound, with an idea toward keeping the 35-year-old healthy and effective. The plan so far has been to give Paxton extra rest whenever possible. “We’re giving him enough ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The bottom of the Dodgers lineup drove in the first three runs, then Shohei Ohtani hit a long home run, backing a bullpen that pitched 4⅓ scoreless innings to beat the Nationals in comeback fashion on Tuesday night at Nationals Park in Washington D.C ..read more

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Kiké Hernández, James Outman, and Miguel Rojas drove in first three runs on Tuesday, giving the Dodgers much-needed production from bottom third of lineup. While we may still be buzzing from Shohei Ohtani’s titanic home run on Tuesday night, it was the bottom of the Dodgers batting order that fueled the comeback win over the Nationals in the series opener in Washington D.C. Entering this series, Dodgers hitters in the seventh, eighth, and ninth spots in the batting order were hitting just .168/.235/.248, among the bottom four in the majors in OPS, on-base percentag ..read more