CNN — The ink is barely dry on Juan Soto’s record-breaking contract with the New York Mets, but already MLB franchises are again looking for a shiny new toy. Sasaki’s career stats make for even better reading, with the so-called “Monster of the Reiwa Era” recording an ERA of just 2.02, picking up 524 strikeouts in 414 2/3 innings. Sasaki …
San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish delivers against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS on Sunday. Except for the three months he actually played for the team in 2017, Yu Darvish, the Padres’ starter for Game 5, has spent most of his major league career tormenting the Dodgers. Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start winner-take-all NLDS Game 5 for …
Gavin Lux celebrates with Mookie Betts after Lux’s two-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 4. Game 4 —Some of you wondered, so I asked Jack Harris, who was kind enough to answer: When the Dodgers play at Petco Park, some players drive themselves down to San Diego, others take one of the Dodgers’ luxury buses. Friday: San Diego …
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field ahead of Wednesday's Major League Baseball season-opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul. SEOUL — Shohei Ohtani said he felt "relaxed" after starting his Los Angeles Dodgers career with a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres in their Major League Baseball season-opening clash in Seoul on Wednesday. Ohtani entered the …