Los Angeles Dodgers

Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. New York manager Aaron Boone said Saturday that Chapman “overall is doing well” but “will not be here for the foreseeable future.” The AL East champions are scheduled to start the virus-delayed season on July 23 at Washington. Chapman threw a bullpen session Tuesday, and…

The Los Angeles Dodgers were eager to show off $100 million worth of stadium renovations to fans and a national audience at the All-Star Game this summer. Turns out, it appears only players are going to see the changes up close this season because of the coronavirus pandemic, which will keep the public out of the ballpark for at least…

Cody Bellinger was well on his way to becoming the National League MVP only 60 games into last season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, already with 20 homers in that stretch before his 24th birthday. Over that same span for the Houston Astros last summer, Justin Verlander won nine games and struck out 103 batters on the way to his second…

Clayton Kershaw will make his franchise-record ninth opening day start for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manager Dave Roberts confirmed his choice Tuesday in a video conference call. The Dodgers open the 60-game season on July 23 at home against the rival San Francisco Giants. Kershaw was tabbed to start opening day against the Giants on March 26 before the season…

Mookie Betts wasn’t moved by Major League Baseball’s response in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ newest star has a goal of getting the Black community to love baseball as much as he does. MLB released a statement nine days after the death of Floyd, the Black man who died after...

The Freeway Series returns, rivalries are resumed, and a rematch of the 2017 World Series lies ahead for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2020 MLB season. Major League Baseball announced live on MLB Network on Monday the 60-game schedule for the all 30 teams for 2020 season. Both Southern California teams, the Dodgers and the Angels will square off…

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be down a Cy Young Award winning pitcher when the season begins on July 23. In a stunning move that is sure to have a ripple effect throughout the league, Dodgers’ pitcher David Price announced Saturday on Twitter that he will not play this season. “Dear Dodgers Nation, After considerable thought and discussion with my…

Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%. MLB and the players’ association announced the results Friday as teams resumed workouts for the first time since the coronavirus interrupted spring training on March 12, two weeks before the season was to start. Opening day…

Clayton Kershaw arrived in Los Angeles for the restart of spring training with the Dodgers and was struck by the sight of people wearing masks while walking their dogs. “It was a little unnerving, for sure,” he said Friday when the team gathered at Dodger Stadium for the first official workout leading up to the start of the season later…

The mystery of what has happened to Los Angeles Dodgers’ outfielder Andrew Toles has been solved.

The Major League Baseball deadline for teams to submit their initial summer camp player pool was on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers publicly announced 51 players that would be uniting at Dodger Stadium on July 1 for the second edition of spring training. Each team’s player pool can include up to 60 players, but as Dodgers’ President of Baseball…

Barack Obama tipped his cap. So did three other former presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro Leagues. The campaign launched Monday with photos and videos from, among others, Hank Aaron, Rachel Robinson Derek Jeter, Colin Powell, Michael Jordan,...

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder talks with Michael J. Duarte of NBC LA about growing up in Decatur, Georgia, his battles with anxiety and injuries, and his future with the Boys in Blue.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are known for their success on the diamond, but they were recognized for their humanitarian and charitable work off the field on Sunday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers were named the Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year at the 2020 ESPYS Presented by Capital One on Sunday night. The team was recognized for their work in…

Baseball players proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule Thursday, a plan immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart on plans to start the coronavirus-delayed season. As part of the union proposal, players would wear advertisement patches on their uniforms during all games for the first time in major league history. “This…

If you blinked you might have missed it. The 2020 MLB Draft came and went on Thursday after only five rounds of selections. Normally, the draft lasts a draining 40 rounds over multiple days, but this year it was shortened to just five rounds as a cost-saving measure due to the COVID-19 virus. The impact that this will ultimately have…

This year’s baseball draft has been shortened to five rounds, meaning the number of players picked will be significantly smaller than usual. That could leave several potential contributors among the large group of undrafted players. Although expectations are higher for prospects taken in the first couple of rounds, players drafted much later can and do become major league standouts....

Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating. An arrest affidavit filed Wednesday by Houston police states that the ballplayer-turned-record producer went to the home of Gabriele Washington on May 8, produced a handgun from which he unloaded the…

The Los Angeles Dodgers should have been hosting the NL West rival Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Instead, there’s been no baseball because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite Dodger Stadium not hosting baseball, that didn’t stop the stadium from being lit up on Wednesday night in honor of George Floyd. The 46-year-old Floyd was killed while in police...