#los-angeles-dodgers

#los-angeles-dodgers

When the Los Angeles Dodgers traded Davey Lopes to the Oakland Athletics for Lance Hudson on February 8, 1982, it marked the end of the longest-running infield in MLB history. That stretch began June 23, 1973, when the Dodgers lineup included Steve Garvey at first base, Lopes at second base, Ron Cey at third base and Bill Russell playing shortstop in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds.

On February 7, 1987, Orel Hershiser signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $800,000, taking a pay cut of 20% from his previous season's salary. It was only the second time since MLB implemented the rule that a player takes less pay due to salary arbitration. During the first Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLB and the Players Association in 1968, the max salary reduction allowed was set at 20%.

The Dodgers have won back-to-back titles and had only two real weaknesses last year - no impact closer and below-average defense in right field. Well, they addressed both of those areas, signing the top closer in the NL, Edwin Díaz, and the top-overall free agent, Kyle Tucker, to play right field. They had the best team in baseball before those moves; now, they're set up nicely to three-peat, clear favorites to win it all again.

"Infusing young players over that time is going to be really important for us to be able to maintain (this level of success),"

"I've really planned to play any position they ask," Rushing said at DodgerFest on Saturday. "Whether I've played it before or I haven't, just - like I said - take advantage of every opportunity. I know catching, first base are going to be the main two."

The Los Angeles Dodgers have established a dynasty with back-to-back World Series titles and three in the last six seasons, but despite their recent success, they haven't slowed down. Many teams often regress after winning a World Series, and some owners use the championship as a reason to lower the payroll moving forward, as they know their fans will be satisfied by the World Series victory. But the Dodgers have acted in the opposite way.

The Los Angeles Dodgers currently have 13 former All-Stars on their roster, which is the most among any MLB team. Edwin Díaz, Tyler Glasnow, Tanner Scott, Blake Snell, Blake Treinen, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernandez and Kyle Tucker have all previously been selected for the Midsummer Classic. The next closest team is the Atlanta Braves with 12 former All-Stars.

In 1901, the American League declared itself a competitor to the NL, jumping up from its minor league status (where it had been called the Western League). The two leagues agreed to play a World Series in 1903, and for the next 90-odd years the leagues served as heated rivals. The NL's dominance in the All-Star Game from 1963 to 1982 -- it won 19 of the 20 contests -- was offered as proof of its superiority, certainly by its players and fans.

"The Yankees also checked in on reliever Michael Kopech and starter Nick Martinez, among others," Heyman writes. Kopech became a free agent at the end of the 2025 season and has gained interest from other teams throughout the offseason. The San Francisco Giants have also reportedly "been in touch" with Kopech. When Did Michael Kopech Join the Dodgers? Kopech joined the Dodgers at the 2024 trade deadline, when L.A. acquired the reliever in a three-team trade with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals.

I think it's the Blue Jays, with what they have done (this offseason) bringing in (Kazuma) Okamoto was great, but they matched up incredibly well against the Dodgers. You look at them in the World Series and statistically they were the better team, even though they couldn't pull it off in Game 7.

On a crowded concourse in the middle of a Saturday morning two months before the start of the season, fans are chugging beers, scarfing Dodger dogs, and even doing a line dance. The queue at the elevator is endless. The screams from the crowd are constant. Blake Snell is walking along one of the barriers giving every nearby fan - every one - a fist bump. And this is ruining baseball?

The Los Angeles Dodgers concluded the 2026 Love L.A. Community Tour with three final events throughout the city Friday. The ninth stop of the Dodgers' annual community service week took place in Pico Rivera at El Rancho High School. Dodgers players Hyeseong Kim, Alex Call, Jack Dreyer, Landon Knack, Bobby Miller, Miguel Rojas, Tanner Scott, Brock Stewart, and Gavin Stone were all in attendance for the pep rally.

"I was happy I was able to pitch the whole time," Snell told The California Post during a Dodgers charity event at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. "But it was tough."