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Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images With a full offseason to prepare, Mookie Betts has been working on his defense at shortstop. For the second year in a row come opening day, Mookie Betts will be the Dodgers’ primary shortstop. There wasn’t much to desire during the 2024 season, where Betts posted below-average defensive metrics for a position that he had totaled just … [Read more...] about Notes: Mookie at SS, trade options, relievers in new homes

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Cartaya, the former top prospect, was designated for assignment by LA on Friday. Lux was traded to Cincinnati on Monday. I hope everyone in and around Los Angeles is staying as safe as possible amid the fires throughout the county. Just a short version of the morning Dodgers links on this Thursday, about Diego Cartaya, who was … [Read more...] about More on departing Dodgers Cartaya & Lux

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Cartaya was designated for assignment on January 3. Vasquez, who turned 20 in December, pitched in the Dominican Summer League in 2024. The Dodgers on Thursday traded catcher Diego Cartaya to the Twins in exchange for minor league pitcher Jose Vasquez. Cartaya, a two-time consensus top-100 prospect in baseball, was designated for … [Read more...] about Dodgers trade Cartaya to Twins for RHP Jose Vasquez

Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images LA reliever signs for $5.2 million in 2025, the final season for the right-hander before free agency Michael Kopech thrived after joining the Dodgers at the trade deadline, and was one of the key pieces of the team’s championship bullpen puzzle in 2024. On Thursday the team agreed to terms … [Read more...] about Kopech signs for $5.2 million, avoiding arbitration

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers enter 2025 season having kept their championship roster from the year prior mostly intact. Walker Buehler has been the only member of the 2024 World Series roster to leave in free agency (so far), and the Dodgers only real departure via trade was Gavin Lux on Monday. With as deep a roster as the Dodgers … [Read more...] about Notes: Hernández, Lux, Mizuhara