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Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images A pair of Dodgers prospects played in the Fall Stars Game in Mesa on Saturday night in the Arizona Fall League. Dodgers minor leaguer Eriq Swan has impressed in the Arizona Fall League this year, and pitched two scoreless innings in the Fall Stars Game at Sloan Park in Mesa on Saturday night. Swan, drafted by the … [Read more...] about Notes: Eriq Swan, Zyhir Hope, Teoscar Hernández, Roki Sasaki

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images McCullough coached with the Dodgers for 10 years, as minor league field coordinator before 2021-24 as first base coach. He takes over in Miami for former Dodger Skip Schumaker. The Dodgers coaching staff will look a little bit different in 2025, as first base coach Clayton McCullough was hired to manage the Marlins on Sunday, per … [Read more...] about Dodgers 1B coach Clayton McCullough will manage Marlins

Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images After some time off, let’s start the weekend by playing catch-up with various Dodgers news and notes. Shohei Ohtani had surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn labrum in his dislocated left shoulder. That’s his back shoulder while hitting, making it a bit different than four years earlier when Cody Bellinger dislocated his … [Read more...] about Notes: Ohtani’s return plan after surgery, Freeman’s HR binge

Photo by Sports Nippon/Getty Images 23-year-old right-hander had a 2.35 ERA with 129 strikeouts and 32 walks in 111 innings for Chiba Lotte Marines in 2024. He’ll be subject to MLB’s international bonus pool limits. The Dodgers last offseason signed the best pitcher in Japan when Yoshinobu Yamamoto joined Los Angeles as a free agent. That opportunity is upon them again … [Read more...] about Roki Sasaki will be posted to MLB

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Digging deeper into the process of the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander making the jump to Major League Baseball this offseason Roki Sasaki getting posted this offseason is one of the largest stories in MLB this winter. It’s not often that someone with his talent, that young (having just turned 23 years old), not only becomes available, but … [Read more...] about Roki Sasaki’s impact, rankings & signing mechanisms