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Shohei Ohtani named AP Male Athlete of Year for 4th time
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was named The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for a record-tying fourth time on Tuesday.,Ohtani, who also earned the distinction in 2021, 2023 and 2024, matched LeBron James, Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong for the most selections since t...
Reports: Dodgers reach 3-year, $69M deal with reliever Edwin Diaz
Three-time All-Star reliever Edwin Diaz agreed to a three-year, $69 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday.,The reported move allowed the defending World Series champion Dodgers to reel in the top closer on the free agent market.,Diaz, 31, opted out...
Report: Rockies hiring Dodgers exec Josh Byrnes as GM
Josh Byrnes, the Los Angeles Dodgers' senior vice president of baseball operations, will be hired as the Colorado Rockies' new general manager, The Athletic reported Wednesday.,The report comes nearly one month after Paul DePodesta was named as the Rockies' new head of baseball operations. ,Byrnes e...
Shohei Ohtani set to play for champion Japan again in WBC
Shohei Ohtani, a two-time World Series champion, will attempt to add a second World Baseball Classic title to his haul when he competes for the defending champion Japanese team again next year.,The 31-year-old two-way superstar made the announcement Monday on social media that he would again partici...
Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge make history with back-to-back MVPs
While Shohei Ohtani had his greatness reconfirmed, Cal Raleigh learned not even the greatest season by a catcher in Major League Baseball history could stop Aaron Judge from adding another Most Valuable Player award to his trophy case.,Minutes after Ohtani secured his third consecutive MVP award and...
Shohei Ohtani earns NL MVP award unanimously
Shohei Ohtani no longer lives in the same Most Valuable Player neighborhood as Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, former teammates Mike Trout and Albert Pujols and a handful of other all-time Major League Baseball greats.,Ohtani was revealed Thursday as the unanimous choice for the National L...
Dodgers pick up options on 3B Max Muncy, LHP Alex Vesia
The Los Angeles Dodgers exercised their 2026 team options for third baseman Max Muncy and reliever Alex Vesia on Thursday.,The two-time defending World Series champions owe $10 million to Muncy and $3.55 million to Vesia.,Muncy, 35, is a two-time All-Star who batted .243 with 19 homers and 67 RBIs i...
Reports: Dodgers pick up options for Max Muncy, Alex Vesia
The Los Angeles Dodgers exercised their 2026 team options for third baseman Max Muncy and reliever Alex Vesia, multiple outlets reported Thursday.,The two-time defending World Series champions owe $10 million to Muncy and $3.55 million to Vesia.,Muncy, 35, is a two-time All-Star who batted .243 with...
Where will the top 10 free agents land? Start in Los Angeles
As the light turns green to signal the open of Major League Baseball free agency, the looming threat of the two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers casts a larger shadow than ever over the other 29 teams. ,Most of them are dealing with a level of wallet envy as Los Angeles collects World Se...
World Series Game 7 most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years
Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51 million viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan, making it the most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years, the league announced Wednesday.,Spanning back nearly three-and-a-half decades was Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, which pitted the Mi...
As champagne flows, Dodgers anointed 2026 World Series favorites
Just as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished turning a game-ending double play to win the World Series, folks were already talking about a three-peat.,The Dodgers didn't get a lot of time to celebrate before being installed as favorites to win the 2026 World Series after outlasting the Toronto Blue Jays...
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3 wins) named World Series MVP
On a team loaded with stars that just won its second consecutive championship, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the clear choice for World Series Most Valuable Player following the Game 7 victory over the host Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.,"Yamamoto is the GOAT!" manager Dav...
Dodgers rally past Blue Jays in 11th to win second straight World Series
TORONTO -- Will Smith hit a home run with two out in the 11th to send the Los Angeles Dodgers to their second straight World Series championship with a 5-4 Game 7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.,Smith's second homer of the postseason came on a shot to left on a 2-0 slider from ...
Benches empty in Game 7 after Jays' Andres Gimenez hit by pitch
TORONTO -- The benches and bullpens emptied with one out in the bottom of the fourth in Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday night when Los Angeles reliever Justin Wrobleski hit Toronto's Andres Gimenez with a pitch.,Groups of players moved around the infield with nothing more coming from the skir...
Dodgers. Blue Jays. Game 7. 'What the hell else do you want?'
TORONTO -- As if there were not enough drama, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays will go at it again Saturday in Game 7 of the World Series.,The teams played an 18-inning Game 3 in Los Angeles, won 6-5 by the Dodgers on Freddie Freeman's walk-off home run.,Then came the ending of Game...
Line-drive DP seals Dodgers' win, sends World Series to Game 7
TORONTO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers produced a three-run third inning on Friday, then held on thanks to a game-ending double play, forcing Game 7 in the World Series with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.,Mookie Betts keyed the third-inning rally with a two-run single to help the Dodgers main...
George Springer returns to DH for Blue Jays in Game 6
George Springer will bat leadoff as the Toronto Blue Jays' designated hitter in Game 6 on Friday night after being pulled earlier in the World Series due to right side discomfort.,Nathan Lukes, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette follow Springer in Toronto's order against the Los Angeles Dodgers. ...
Dodgers plan to 'leave it all out there' with Jays one win away from history
TORONTO -- In their two previous World Series championship triumphs in 1992 and 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays won a dramatic Game 6 each time.,They have a chance to repeat history Friday night by clinching the World Series title against the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6.,Toronto need...
Trey Yesavage fans 12, moves Blue Jays to brink of World Series title
LOS ANGELES -- Rookie Trey Yesavage dominated with 12 strikeouts, Davis Schneider hit a home run on the opening pitch and the Toronto Blue Jays moved one victory away from a championship with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday.,Yesavage, who made hi...
Dodgers change batting order for Game 5 of World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers rejigged their lineup for Game 5 of the World Series to move catcher Will Smith to second in the batting order.,Dodgers manager Dave Roberts dropped the slumping Mookie Betts to third in the order for Wednesday's pivotal home matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays. Betts, who is ...