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MLB GM meetings: What we’re hearing about star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki

SAN ANTONIO — Roki Sasaki is so enormously talented that teams have to prepare for the possibility that the Japanese pitcher is about to become an international free agent, even though club officials still don’t know whether that will actually happen this winter. Amid the uncertainty, Sasaki has been a popular name this week at MLB’s general managers’ meetings, where …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Time for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to show their worth

LA Times

This could be the night the Dodgers truly reap a return on investment. The Dodgers lavished a billion dollars upon Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for moments like these. If they win Thursday, with Yamamoto pitching and Ohtani sparking the offense, the Dodgers will be one victory from the World Series. “Everything is good.” Austin Barnes, the Dodgers’ backup catcher, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers under pressure in Dodgers' NLDS win

LA Times

The shortest player on the field at Dodger Stadium looked as if he was the tallest. Yamamoto added, “I think I owe my performance today to my teammates.” Hernández said there was a reason the Dodgers invested as much in Yamamoto as they did. Talking to Yamamoto after his Game 1 debacle in this division series, Friedman said, “You could …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hernández: Don't overthink it, Dodgers. Game 5 should be a bullpen game

LA Times

This worked, and nothing else has. For the Dodgers, the deciding game of their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Friday should be a bullpen game. Bullpen games aren’t a sustainable remedy for their starting-pitching problems, as the relievers would be quickly spent if eight of them pitched in every game. “We’ve said it all year: …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers' starting pitching woes could lead to another NLDS loss

LA Times

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler walks off the field during a game against the Angels in September. The Dodgers’ starting rotation is in a precarious spot heading into the National League Division Series. The Dodgers will start Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the opening game of their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Saturday but not necessarily because they …

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3 months ago

Dodgers Dugout: Did Shohei Ohtani have the greatest game in MLB history?

LA Times

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. Let’s see how the four-homer players did: Lou Gehrig, 1932 Yankees, 4 for 6, 4 homers, 6 RBIs, 16 total bases Chuck Klein, 1936 Phillies, 4 for 5, 4 homers, 6 RBIs, 16 TBs Pat Seerey, 1948 White Sox, 4 for 6, 4 homers, 7 RBIs, 16 TBs Gil Hodges, 1950 …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers option Bobby Miller to triple-A again after another choppy outing

LA Times

Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller lasted only two innings and gave up four runs during Tuesday’s game against the Marlins. “He’s a big part,” manager Dave Roberts said early this season, “of what we’re trying to do this year.” On Wednesday, however, Miller’s dreadful sophomore campaign essentially ended with a whimper. “Performance at this point and time of the year is …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Yoshinobu Yamamoto bends but doesn’t break as Dodgers split series versus Braves

LA Times

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers during the first inning of a 9-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Monday. “It wasn’t as sharp command-wise as his first one back, but he made pitches when he needed to,” manager Dave Roberts said. That’s a hard play.” At the plate, the Dodgers were in full factory mode, manufacturing nine …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Forget all the injuries. The Dodgers will win the World Series

LA Times

You read it here first, or at least for the first time since their rotation started crumbling like the California coastline: The Dodgers will win the World Series. Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches to the Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki during the first inning Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate against the Chicago Cubs on …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Sports Report: Yoshinobu Yamamoto has stellar return to Dodgers

LA Times

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers defense ruins strong return by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in loss to Cubs

LA Times

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning. “We’ve got to eliminate that.” Indeed, for a team that Roberts hoped would be in “playoff mode” as they close in on another National League West division title, holding a 4½-game lead entering Wednesday, the maddening mental lapses in the field wasted what otherwise was an encouraging day for their …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Self-fulfilling prophecy.’ The Dodgers’ role in MLB’s pitching injury epidemic

LA Times

During his rise to professional stardom, Walker Buehler encountered a proverbial bridge in the pathway of his burgeoning career. There’s some cost-benefit to it.” Indeed, like a growing number of pitchers in the Dodgers organization and around baseball, Buehler experienced each — blossoming as a World Series champion and two-time All-Star, but also suffering two Tommy John surgeries that, at …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gavin Stone, the last Dodgers starter to stay healthy all season, goes on the IL

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Gavin Stone on the injured list Friday, and it’s uncertain whether he will return this season. He won’t be throwing for 10 to 14 days before attempting to ramp back up with less than a month left in the regular season, manager Dave Roberts said. “To potentially not see this through, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

If Tyler Glasnow returns, what will Dodgers get in playoffs?

LA Times

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow delivers against the San Francisco Giants on July 24. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked Thursday afternoon if he was certain Tyler Glasnow would pitch again this season. When the Dodgers acquired the 31-year-old Glasnow in an offseason trade with the Tampa Bay Rays, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman staked more than the $136.5 million …

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4 months ago

Pitching woes continue for the Dodgers, who own narrow NL West lead despite injuries

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers finally have their hitters healthy. “Everything is starting to come all together.” Manager Dave Roberts called it “a very positive day for Yoshinobu.” He said in the next five days Yamamoto will throw three innings and then complete a rehab assignment. As long as he recovers well, then we start homing in on …

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4 months ago

News Analysis: ‘Not ideal.’ As Dodgers wait on pitching reinforcements, October questions still linger

LA Times

Tyler Glasnow returned to the injured list with elbow tendinitis last weekend, and the right-hander had yet to resume throwing as of Wednesday. “Short answer,” Roberts said when asked if the Dodgers are still facing “too many” variables on the mound long-term, “yes.” At the moment, the two primary linchpins are Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — the almost half-billion-dollar …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Letters to Sports: Dave Roberts deserves a contract extension. Or does he?

LA Times

If pitching is 75% or more in importance, the obvious must be stated: The Dodgers are indeed in trouble come playoff time. We all knew ace Tyler Glasnow wouid go down and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched once a week in Japan. Fred Wallin Westlake Village Truly surprising is how surprised the Dodgers organization seemingly is with the respective injury breakdowns of …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

After sweep by Phillies, Dodgers fall to .500 over last 44 games

LA Times

For the better part of almost two months, the Dodgers have been a.500 team. “If you had told us in spring training that we would be where we’re at with the depth of our starting pitching, I would have doubted it,” manager Dave Roberts sighed before Thursday’s game. And while rookies Gavin Stone and Landon Knack — who gave up …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Occupational hazard’: Why pitching injuries have put the Dodgers in a trade deadline jam again

LA Times

It took just three days last month for the Dodgers pitching staff to be thrown in flux. The first question has haunted the Dodgers in recent seasons, the team at the forefront of the sport’s growing epidemic of pitching injuries. Over the last five years, they’ve had seven pitchers undergo Tommy John surgery, a total that ranks in the top …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Mookie Betts and Yamamoto injuries create Dodgers trade dilemma

LA Times

They were both learning to do something they’d never done before, Mookie Betts playing shortstop full-time and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching in the major leagues. Betts broke his left hand when he was struck by a 98-mph fastball during the Dodgers’ 3-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. He made his 15th start of the season when he pitched seven scoreless …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Topsy-turvy game ends with Dodgers beating Giants in extra innings

LA Times

Mookie Betts celebrates as he scores ahead of Freddie Freeman on Will Smith’s double in the 10th inning Monday. And in the Dodgers’ 6-4 win, there were plenty of them in a game that featured an early pitchers’ duel, a late-inning bullpen battle, and a dramatic extra-inning ending, when Will Smith hammered a go-ahead two-run double in the top of …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's success rooted in a willingness to change

LA Times

Yoshinobu Yamamato did what? Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto agrees to 12-year, $325-million deal with Dodgers Japanese pitching ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto agreed to a deal with the Dodgers, joining the newly acquired Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow on the team. If a player made an error, Yamamoto would joke, “You better hit.” Miyagi said he often pitched the day after Yamamoto, which …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto says tipping pitches ‘not really a big concern’ for him

LA Times

It took all of one exhibition start for Yoshinobu Yamamoto to be exposed to some of the “dark arts” practiced in the major leagues, with SportsNet LA broadcasters noting during Yamamoto’s Feb. 28 Cactus League debut that the center-field camera caught him changing his grip before throwing his signature split-fingered fastball. “It’s not really a big concern for me at …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘He’s comfortable.’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues Dodgers acclimation with strong spring debut

LA Times

Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw two scoreless innings against the Rangers in his spring training debut. During one of their first conversations at Dodgers camp, as the team planned out Yamamoto’s schedule for the spring, Prior asked his new starter about his routine for “touch and feel” bullpen sessions — brief, low-effort throwing activities mostly meant to keep a …

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MLB GM meetings: What we’re hearing about star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki

Time for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to show their worth

Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers under pressure in Dodgers' NLDS win

Hernández: Don't overthink it, Dodgers. Game 5 should be a bullpen game

Dodgers' starting pitching woes could lead to another NLDS loss

Dodgers Dugout: Did Shohei Ohtani have the greatest game in MLB history?

Dodgers option Bobby Miller to triple-A again after another choppy outing

Yoshinobu Yamamoto bends but doesn’t break as Dodgers split series versus Braves

Forget all the injuries. The Dodgers will win the World Series

The Sports Report: Yoshinobu Yamamoto has stellar return to Dodgers

Dodgers defense ruins strong return by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in loss to Cubs

‘Self-fulfilling prophecy.’ The Dodgers’ role in MLB’s pitching injury epidemic

Gavin Stone, the last Dodgers starter to stay healthy all season, goes on the IL

If Tyler Glasnow returns, what will Dodgers get in playoffs?

Pitching woes continue for the Dodgers, who own narrow NL West lead despite injuries

News Analysis: ‘Not ideal.’ As Dodgers wait on pitching reinforcements, October questions still linger

Letters to Sports: Dave Roberts deserves a contract extension. Or does he?

After sweep by Phillies, Dodgers fall to .500 over last 44 games

‘Occupational hazard’: Why pitching injuries have put the Dodgers in a trade deadline jam again

Mookie Betts and Yamamoto injuries create Dodgers trade dilemma

Topsy-turvy game ends with Dodgers beating Giants in extra innings

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's success rooted in a willingness to change

Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto says tipping pitches ‘not really a big concern’ for him

‘He’s comfortable.’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues Dodgers acclimation with strong spring debut