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Photo by Harry How/Getty Images With the new contracts for Blake Snell and Tommy Edman, LA will owe seven players (mostly Shohei Ohtani) a 10-figure total in deferred payments after their current contracts expire. LOS ANGELES — The winter meetings haven’t even started yet, and the Dodgers have already made two large splashes this offseason, in signing Blake Snell and … [Read more...] about Tracking all those deferred Dodgers dollars

Photo by Jeff Golden/Getty Images 21-year-old infielder/outfielder, signed by LA out of Venezuela in 2019, tested positive for Boldenone and Nandrolone, performing-enhancing drugs. Dodgers minor league infielder/outfielder Jose Hernandez last week was suspended without for the entire 2025 Arizona Complex League season after testing positive for performance-enhancing … [Read more...] about Dodgers minors IF/OF Jose Hernandez suspended for 2025 season

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The saga surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, continued once again this weekend, this time involving the fraudulent purchase of baseball cards. Hallie Golden of the Associated Press reports that Mizuhara purchased around $325,000 worth of baseball cards used with Ohtani’s money. Ohtani is demanding that … [Read more...] about Notes: Ohtani, Snell, Arenado

Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Dodgers were the third of four major league stops for the right-hander in 2024. Ramírez pitched in half of the games he was with LA Yohan Ramírez pitched for for major league teams in 2024, but was at his busiest while with the Dodgers. His results for Los Angeles ran the gamut, and the right-hander was also part … [Read more...] about 2024 review: Yohan Ramírez

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Snell joins an LA pitching staff that has many names potentially available to start in 2025, but all with questions of availability and durability. The Dodgers won the World Series this year, but their October battlefield was littered with the landmines planted by having only three healthy and functioning starting pitchers … [Read more...] about The Dodgers starting rotation needed Blake Snell