Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen on Sunday finally made it to summer camp and then let reporters know that he and his family had the coronavirus, thus his delay in joining his teammates when camp began at Dodger Stadium on July 3. Jansen said his son Kaden first contracted the illness about three weeks ago. He said he and his wife and three children have recovered and that he has kept himself in good throwing shape and will be ready for the 60-game season, which kicks off July 23 against the Giants.
Look away, Boston Red Sox fans. Mookie Betts on Saturday took right-hander Josiah Gray deep for an absolute moonshot homer during a Los Angeles Dodgers intrasquad scrimmage. The homer offered an unneeded reminder of, well, how good at baseball Mookie Betts is. Take a look: MOOKIE. BETTS.#SummerCamp | @SportsNetLA pic.twitter.com/be9kJa6dIa — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers)…
LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers made approximately $100 million in renovations to Dodger Stadium after the 2019 season ended. The nucleus is a brand-new center field plaza, which required a total teardown of the black backdrop facing home plate. The new backdrop is just as black, but it comes with some quirks. The singular tower…
LOS ANGELES — David Price has become the first Dodgers player to opt out of the 2020 season. The left-hander made his announcement on Twitter on Saturday afternoon, the second day of official workouts at Dodger Stadium. “Dear Dodgers Nation,” Price posted, “After considerable thought and discussion with my family and the Dodgers, I have…
Some people in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins organizations have tested positive for COVID-19, officials with the teams said Thursday. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said on a video conference call that it’s “a delicate subject” and he declined to identify those with positive tests. “We have had some people in […]
Thursday was an undeniably dark day in the sport of baseball. Teams across the sport released hundreds of minor leaguers, transactions largely meant to cut costs with the 2020 baseball season hanging in the balance amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the battle brewing between MLB’s owners and players. But in that darkness came a bright…
Thursday was an undeniably dark day in the sport of baseball. Teams across the sport released hundreds of minor leaguers, transactions largely meant to cut costs with the 2020 baseball season hanging in the balance amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the battle brewing between MLB’s owners and players. But in that darkness came a bright spot, thanks to one of the game’s most recognizable players. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Price is paying each minor leaguer in the Dodgers’ system $1,000 of his own money during the month of June, baseball writer Francys Romero reported Thursday night, citing sources. What makes the incredible gesture even better, as Romero himself notes, is Price has yet to play a regular-season game with the Dodgers after LA acquired the former Cy Young Award winner in an offseason blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox. One of Price’s managers in Boston, ex-Sox skipper Alex Cora, commended his former ace with a tweet Friday morning. David does it again, his best pitch when it counts. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @DAVIDprice24. pic.twitter.com/2M3iWbbNlJ
It feels like a lifetime since the Boston Red Sox traded Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers. As you likely may know, Betts and pitcher David Price were sent to the Dodgers on Feb. 11 in exchange for outfielder Alex Verdugo and prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong. All five players participated in spring…
Alex Verdugo Says It’d Be ‘Crazy’ If Mookie Betts Never Played For Dodgers — NESN.com As you likely may know, Betts and pitcher David Price were sent to the Dodgers on Feb. 11 in exchange for outfielder Alex Verdugo and prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong. All five players participated in spring training before Opening Day was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19outbreak. And there’s a chance Betts, who’ll be a free agent following the 2020 season, might never play a game for the Dodgers depending on Major League Baseball’s decision regarding the season. On Monday, Verdugo weighed in on the possibility of that happening. “That would be pretty crazy,” Verdugo said, per MassLive’s Chris Cotillo. “That would be pretty nuts. I really haven’t thought about it much, but I think it’s tough. It’s a tough situation, if that is the scenario, for the Dodgers. That’s part of life. We can’t expect these things. I think for the Dodgers, that’s tough. That’s a tough deal. But everything happens for a reason.” It certainly would make for an unusual situation for Betts should the season be canceled. And while some suggest the season could begin as early as July, nothing is certain right now.
LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully was released from the hospital and is “resting comfortably” at home, according to the Dodgers. Scully suffered unspecified injuries when he fell at home Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks and thanked the first-responders and health-care workers who took care…
Larry Martinez bought tickets in February for opening day at Dodger Stadium, through StubHub. “Paid about $200, a little over (that) after fees,” he said in a phone conversation this week. “They have this program where, if it’s eventually canceled, they’re going to offer you 120 percent value of the ticket. In other words, you…
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers put in place a distribution program Tuesday that will pay $1.3 million to game-day workers put out of work by MLB’s shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic. The payouts from the fund will go to “event staff, concessions, parking, cleaning personnel employed by third party contractors and the Dodgers Foundation event…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers were in the process of counting heads and raised hands on Friday, trying to determine exactly where all of their players are headed now that they were granted the ability to choose from a number of options. After a Major League Baseball Players’ Association meeting on Friday regarding the coronavirus…
Mookie Betts already is leaving a strong impression on his new teammates. The former Boston Red Sox outfielder was acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Feb. 9 as part of a trade that sent him and David price to L.A. in exchange for Alex Verdugo, Connor Wong and Jeter Downs. And although he wasn’t…
When you stand up in front of the team on the first day and essentially call everyone out, says he wants to hold everyone accountable for their effort — not just in the game, but in the workouts – that’s like, all right, you learn what he’s about really fast,” Turner told MLB.com. “Same principle (as Kirk Gibson’s team speech in 1988), just not critical of us. This was him saying this before he knew anybody. Just signs of leadership, it jumps out at you.”
The view from left field 