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• Clayton Kershaw Discusses Best Pitching Performance of the Season vs Giants

The Los Angeles Dodgers were treated to a vintage Clayton Kershaw outing on Saturday evening against the rival San Francisco Giants. The three-time Cy Young award winner turned back the clock and became the only Dodgers starter not named Yoshinobu Yamamoto to pitch seven innings this season. More news: Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Says Change in …...2025
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Says Change in Rest Days Isn’t Reason For Struggles

Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has seen some better days. The right-hander has struggled of late, and it has started to cause some minor concern around the pitcher. More news: Dodgers Reportedly ‘Lurking’ on Sandy Alcantara Ahead of Trade Deadline Yamamoto now owns a 4.46 ERA on five days of rest, and he …...2025
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• ‘He’ll Be on an Extra Next Time’ — Dodgers Manager Gets Honest About Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Shaky Outing Against Giants
With Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggling on the mound, the San Francisco Giants pulled even in the NL West by defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers....2025
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• Logan Webb Shines Over Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Giants’ Series-Opening Win Against Dodgers
Logan Webb faced off against Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the Giants-Dodgers series opener and emerged victorious after shutting down Dodgers offense....2025
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto Owns Up After Rough Night in Dodgers’ Loss to Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto posts a disastrous outing in the series opener against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium....2025
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• Giants 6, Dodgers 2: Yamamoto’s command was bad, umpire’s zone was worse, and big bats continue to scuffle
The rivalry between the Dodgers and Giants started with somewhat of a dud tonight, as the dueling aces narrative didn’t live up to the hype, partially thanks to the umpire putting a hefty paw on the scale. Regardless, the lineup couldn’t mount much of a challenge in a 6-2 loss. ====== While Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn’t …...2025

• What Does Dodgers Rotation Look Like Following Tony Gonsolin Injury?

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost yet another starter over the weekend as the team placed right-handed pitcher Tony Gonsolin on the injured list with right elbow discomfort. Read more: Dodgers Place Tony Gonsolin on Injured List With Elbow Injury Now, a depleted Dodgers rotation is left with three starting pitchers in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Clayton Kershaw, …...2025
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• Which Braves have a chance to make the All-Star team?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Not as many as we’d hoped, that’s for sure. It’s probably fair to say that 2025 is the most anticipated All-Star Game for Atlanta Braves fans since the year 2000, when the game was hosted at Turner Field and Chipper Jones started at 3B for a National League team that was managed by Bobby Cox. Entering this year, there was plenty of excitement about Trui...2025
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Has ‘Little Hip Issue’ After Great Defensive Play

The last thing the Los Angeles Dodgers need is an injury to another starting pitcher — let alone the team’s ace, Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto has been sublime thus far in the early going of the year. He has the second-lowest ERA in the National League (1.97) trailing only New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga. Yamamoto is …...2025
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• Dodgers Notes: Concerning Injury Update, Mets Pitcher Disrespects Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto MVP?

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians, 9-5, on Tuesday evening as L.A. improved to 34-21 on the year. In other Dodgers news, manager Dave Roberts recently provided a “concerning” injury update regarding relief pitcher Evan Phillips. Last season’s saves leader started his injured list stint on May 7 with elbow inflammation. Additionally, a …...2025
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• ‘It Just Didn’t Seem as Fine’: Dodgers Manager Revealed Injury Concern Behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Early Exit vs. Guardians
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has emerged as the Dodgers’ ace and a Cy Young contender, carrying an injury-riddled rotation while leading the team....2025
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• Dodgers @ Diamondbacks May 9, 2025: Sasaki starts as the injuries pile up
The Dodgers (25-13) lost the opening game of this four game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks (20-18) last night by a score of 5-3 in a tense series opener. Yoshinobu Yamamoto started out well, but things unraveled for him in the fourth inning, serving up a grand slam to Gabriel Moreno. It happens. He still …...2025
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• Braves News: Pitchers’ duel at Truist, Spencer Strider’s status, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves fell 2-1 in Friday night’s contest with the Los Angeles Dodgers after a pitchers’ duel between Grant Holmes and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Holmes lasted six innings and surrendered both of the Dodgers’ runs. He allowed just four hits and recorded nine strikeouts. Grant Holmes pu...2025
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• Will a different venue provide a different result for Braves against Dodgers?

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The Braves have a chance to get back at one of their tormentors from earlier this season. It’s easier said than done! Earlier this month, the Atlanta Braves visited Los Angeles looking for any type of way to get their season going in a positive direction after they had gone 0-for-4 in San Diego to kick off the season. As we all know, that ended up not ...2025
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• Dodgers Could Change Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki Schedules Amid Injury Issues

The Los Angeles Dodgers have already lost two starters in Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow. The injury woes seem to have carried over from last season for the defending champions as the pitching staff in particular has been mostly affected by the latest plague of ailments. More news: Dodgers Make Trade, Acquire Reliever From Cardinals …...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Jung Hoo Lee, Tyler Mahle highlight baseball’s biggest surprises. There’s nothing like the start of a new baseball season. The soothing, familiar sounds of the crack of the bat and a fastball burying itself in a catcher’s mitt. The contagious optimism found in all 30 clubhouses, from the defending champions to the last-place club ...2025
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• The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title

The Dodgers have been the cream of the crop in baseball for a long while, now. There’s no sign of that changing anytime soon, either. For the second time in five seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. For the first time since 1988, they’ll actually get to have the full treatment that comes with being World Series — meaning, the team and their fans will actually get to enjoy t...2024
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"The Dodgers have added Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki to a rotation already expected to return Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow."

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"In the aftermath of the offseason’s top free agent pitcher, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, signing with the Dodgers late last month, the market for #2 pitching free agent Blake Snell has begun to pick up."

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"Star Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has agreed to join the Dodgers on a 12-year, $325 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Thursday."

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• Shohei Ohtani Melts Hearts With Adorable Tribute to Yoshinobu Yamamoto After 7 Scoreless vs. D-backs
As Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues to dominate, 2024 NL MVP Shohei Ohtani offers his praise....2025
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto Dominates NL Cy Young Talks But MLB’s Snub of Mets Star Sparks Outrage
There are many worthy candidates for the NL Cy Young Award to begin the season, but one Mets pitcher has been snubbed....2025
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s early season success is simultaneously puzzling and expected
When Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed the longest and largest contract for a pitcher in MLB history — 12 years, $325 million — in late 2023, some were skeptical he’d be worth it. While he’s just 130 innings into his career (not counting the postseason), he’s showing exactly why the Dodgers awarded him such a contract. A …...2025
• Can Atlanta roll over the Reds?

Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images Cincinnati is bringing a formidable rotation to Atlanta, and the Braves will have no choice but to try to figure them out over the next four days. The current homestand for the Atlanta Braves rolls on, as they’re going straight from a three-game series against the Dodgers into a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. While the quality of competiti...2025
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Feels Like He’s Close to Pitching Like He Did in Japan

Last offseason, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the richest contract a pitcher had ever seen in MLB. The baseball world wasn’t just baffled by the $325 million price tag, but the fact that the right-hander had never professionally thrown a pitch in North America was further reason for calamity among doubters. The …...2025
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• Kiké Hernández Drops 3-Word Verdict on Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s No-Hitter Outing Amid Dodgers’ IL-Riddled Rotation
Kiké Hernández offered his reaction on social media as Yoshinobu Yamamoto carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning on Friday night....2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• Outside The Confines: One month down

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A look at the successes and failures over the first month of the season. The Pirates are an utter failure starting at the top. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Alex Kirschner writes about the toxic rot from the ownership of the Pittsburgh Pirates and how it has poisoned the relationship between the fans and the team. Also, the team is wasting a gener...2025
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• Dodgers 3, Cubs 0: Tommy Edman ruins Matthew Boyd’s night

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Boyd was throwing a real nice game until Edman interrupted it with a three-run homer. Tommy Edman has been a Cubs nemesis dating back to his days with the Cardinals. He entered Friday night’s game batting .280/.320/.500 with 13 home runs in 68 career games against the Cubs — by far his most homers against any team (next most: seven against the Pirates ...2025
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• Braves complete salvage job against Dodgers

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves are done with the Dodgers and considering how this season’s series went, not a moment sooner! The Atlanta Braves were riding high heading into this series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were on a run of having won four straight series and had just returned home from a productive road trip out West against the Diamondbac...2025
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• MLB’s biggest surprises from the season’s first month
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• Should I go for three?

So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's still the word I use when I want people to know what I am talking about. Buying Heritage is instinct at this point. We're at the designs during my first years of collecting. While I could pick-and-choose whether I was going to collect Heritage 10-15 year...2025
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• Dodgers 3, Cubs 0: Tommy Edman ruins Matthew Boyd’s night
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 15

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images It was a bummer of a day as the Cubs lose 6-2. The start to this season has been so exceptional that this game is a weird feeling. The Cubs did show a brief sign of life in the fourth inning and the game was tied after four. This game was all Rangers, though. Shōta Imanaga had an uncharacteristically bad day. He allowed a couple of homers and...2025
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• Rangers 6, Cubs 2: Sometimes it’s just not your day

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Cubs offense got shut down on a very cold afternoon. Dire weather forecasts of all-day rain made it seem very unlikely, early this morning, that this game would be played. But the rain fell mostly south of the city — it just sprinkled a couple of times at the ol’ ballyard — and so the Cubs and Rangers were able to complete their three-game series...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Should Shōta have stayed in?

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Shōta Imanaga should have pitched longer last night. It’s Tuesday night here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Or it’s Wednesday afternoon if you’re in Tokyo. Either way, you’re welcome here. Come on in. There’s no cover charge. We sti...2025
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• Braves complete salvage job against Dodgers
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominates as Braves drop 2-1 pitchers’ duel

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Grant Holmes was great but Yoshinobu Yamamoto was even better. Grant Holmes had one of the best nights of his career as a starter so far. Unfortunately, this coincided with Yoshinobu Yamamoto continuing to dominate on the mound and as such, the Atlanta Braves ended up dropping this one in a tight, low-scoring and rain-delayed 2-1 defeat. Grant Holmes made...2025
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• Starter Spotlight: Yoshi Yama-Oh No!

4-25-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Heading into the Dodgers series with slightly less momentum but still feeling good following a series victory in Anaheim, the Pirates will face off against one of the hottest pitchers in MLB, Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Coming off a World Series-winning rookie season where Yamamoto went 7-2 with a 3.00Continue reading "Starter Spotlight: Y...2025
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• Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez Compares Latin, Japanese Baseball Fans Following Tokyo Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers returned to the city after making their season debut overseas. The Dodgers’ trip to Japan was full of memorable moments, including the team’s historic Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs. More news: Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Believes Yoshinobu Yamamoto Could Win Cy Young This Year Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki …...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Should Shōta have stayed in?
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• Brewers’ split squads fall to Diamondbacks, Dodgers

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Milwaukee falls to 2-4 this spring The Brewers were unable to capitalize on any positive momentum from yesterday’s game against Cleveland, losing 9-3 to the Dodgers and 7-1 to the Diamondbacks. For those of you who couldn’t catch the games, here’s a quick recap of each. LAD vs. MIL (Box Score) Milwaukee looked really good to start. The Brewers quickly wen...2025
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• Sources: Yamamoto joins Dodgers on $325M deal

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• Rangers Interested In Reunion With Jordan Montgomery
Left-hander Jordan Montgomery figures to be among the most sought-after free agents on the starting pitching market this offseason. With righty Aaron Nola having already returned to the Phillies on a seven-year deal earlier this week, only recently-posted right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto and reigning NL Cy Young award winner Blake Snell compare rank ahead of Montgomery…...2023
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto to sign with Dodgers for $325M over 12 years: 25-year-old NPB ace joins Shohei Ohtani in LA

Yamamoto was posted to MLB after seven brilliant years in NPB...2023
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• Blue Jays Have Reportedly “Taken The Lead” In Yariel Rodriguez Sweepstakes
After missing out on top free agents Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto earlier this month, the Blue Jays have ramped up activity at the lower levels of the market of late by re-signing center fielder Kevin Kiermaier to a one-year pact and landing utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa on a two-year deal in recent days. It…...2023
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• Report: Giants Out Of Bidding For Yoshinobu Yamamoto
The Giants have been informed they’re out of the running for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, reports Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area (X link). While there’s no indication that Yamamoto has made his final decision, Pavlovic adds that the Giants expect he’ll sign with the Dodgers or one of the New York clubs. Andy Martino of SNY…...2023
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• Angels, Giants Among Teams Pursuing Blake Snell
The Angels have lost Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers and never appeared to be a finalist for NPB star Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but they’re pursuing the biggest fish remaining on the free agent market, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, who reports that the Halos have made reigning NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell…...2023
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• Phillies Have Made Offer To Yoshinobu Yamamoto
The Phillies have put forth a formal contract offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, writes Matt Gelb of the Athletic. While terms are unreported, Alex Coffey of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote earlier in the week the club was planning to be aggressive in its pursuit of the NPB star. It’s notable, if unsurprising, that the Phillies have put…...2023
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• Braves reportedly willing to pay for free agent starter

Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports No Braves player currently makes more than $22 million annually, but the team is reportedly willing to go above that for the right free agent starter. MLB Free Agency is off to a slow start, but that shouldn’t be terribly surprising. Unlike the NBA and the NFL, Major League Baseball’s offseason is a more deliberate affair and the free agent market won’t like...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 26, 2025
Fantasy Relevance for the Dodgers deeper rotation options? Baseball fans know that the Dodgers loaded up on starting pitching in the offseason adding 2-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell, Phenom Roki Sasaki and re-signing the legendary Clayton Kershaw. With Shohei Ohtani expected to take the mound this year and Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow returning it's an electric top 5. That being ...2025
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• Giants 6, Dodgers 2: Yamamoto’s command was bad, umpire’s zone was worse, and big bats continue to scuffle
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• Giants vs. Dodgers odds, prediction, props: Proven model's free 2025 MLB picks, Friday, June 13 best bets

SportsLine's proven model has simulated the San Francisco vs. Los Angeles 10,000 times and released its MLB best bets for Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Logan Webb...2025
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• MLB picks, best baseball bets for Friday: Paul Skenes vs. Cubs, Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Giants and a HR play

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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto Discusses Lack of Run Support From Dodgers Offense

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been the one constant in a starting rotation that has remained fluid throughout the 2025 season. The right-hander has given the Dodgers several quality starts, and continued to do so Saturday at Busch Stadium. More news: Dodgers’ Mookie Betts Helping Max Muncy With Infield Defense Yamamoto threw six …...2025
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• What Does Dodgers Rotation Look Like Following Tony Gonsolin Injury?
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• Yankees @ Dodgers – June 1, 2025: Going for a sweep to start June right behind ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Hello, it’s Sunday, the day you’re most likely to be stuck with me for a far shittier version of the Game Thread. However, there’s still plenty of reason to be excited, because the Dodgers are starting June by going for a sweep of the Yankees, and they have ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the bump. Today's …...2025
• Yankees vs. Dodgers odds, picks: Our predictions, best bets for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the New York Yankees on "Sunday Night Baseball."...2025
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• Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto Has ‘Little Hip Issue’ After Great Defensive Play
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• MLB Week 8 Hot or Not: Nats and Halos on the rise, Rox remain in the basement

CJ Abrams hits a home run against the Orioles in the second inning of play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 18. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Several teams are defying expectations, for better and worse We’re back in business with the last full week of May in this week’s Hot or Not recap, covering May 18-24. AL West Hot: The Angels kick it up a notch It’s time to pull out the brooms...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?
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• SB Nation Reacts: Who’s going to sign Roki Sasaki?

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images A fair number of respondents to the survey chose the Cubs. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Now that the MLB non-tender deadline has passed, thoughts ...2024
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• Braves provide tl;dr of 2024 season with 9-0 loss to Dodgers

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Look, I’m just sayin’ — the Braves out-xBAed the Dodgers by .070 and had the only four barrels in the game, and lost 9-0 The Braves played a baseball game on Monday night, which they lost 9-0, to once again drop them out of a playoff spot (for the time being?). The flow of the game itself is, at this point, largely irrelevant. I’ll be...2024
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• Dodgers come to town as Braves fight for their playoff lives

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images If the Braves are going to get back on the Postseason track, they’ll have to do it Shohei Ohtani and the rest of this star-studded squad. The Atlanta Braves are coming off of a stretch of games where they faced the Rockies, Blue Jays, the Reds for one game and the Nationals for two games. They went 5-4 in that span and are currently back on the outside...2024
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rejoice, baseball fans, we now have an idea of when the Manfred era will end. If we’re being honest, the role of MLB Commissioner is not an enviable one. The job, by its very nature, is inclined to create ire among fans, as the person in charge is trying to appease fans, players, but mostly owners, and the goals of those three groups rarely...2024
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• Latest On Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Market
There’s been ample speculation about the eventual price tag of a Yoshinobu Yamamoto contract, but until early this week, the right-hander hadn’t discussed specific years and dollars with clubs, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports. Teams eyeing the NPB ace’s services were asked to submit a “preliminary” bid early in the process to gauge the seriousness of…...2023
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• Mets Interested In Jung Hoo Lee
Most of the offseason buzz surrounding the Mets has focused on their pursuits of pitching, but USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports that the Amazins also have “strong interest” in outfielder Jung Hoo Lee. Between New York’s known interest in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, and now Lee, it is clear that the Mets are taking a…...2023
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