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Who will lead the Dodgers with Justin Turner gone?

GLENDALE, Ariz. – As he drove to Arizona for the start of spring training, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts listened to a book on tape – “No Time for Spectators” by Martin Dempsey, a former general and past chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Dodgers aim to avoid 'volatility' of roster changes after understated offseason

Dave Roberts brushed off the suggestion with a laugh.

Los Angeles Times

Friendship with Mookie Betts wasn't only factor in J.D. Martinez signing with Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — The relationships with former teammate Mookie Betts and old hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc certainly helped.

Los Angeles Times

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The Dodgers Are Still Paying for Their Trevor Bauer Mistake

They released him last month after his domestic violence suspension ended, but his signing is still impacting the team.

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How might another luxury tax bill affect the Dodgers’ future?

LOS ANGELES — One of the biggest questions of the Dodgers’ offseason finally has a definitive answer.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers executives are 'comfortable' with decision to cut Trevor Bauer

Dodgers executives addressed Trevor Bauer's release for the first time publicly Wednesday, though they left several pressing questions about the process behind the decision unanswered, including details about their meeting with Bauer the day before cutting ties with him last month.

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers' brass still won't take accountability for Trevor Bauer fiasco

LOS ANGELES — On one side there are the Dodgers, who have a complicated relationship with the truth, and on the other is Trevor Bauer.

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Jack Harris: No high-priced help is coming. Why the Dodgers are betting on themselves.

LOS ANGELES — By not taking a gamble on any of this offseason's top free agents, the Dodgers instead placed one very big, very high-stakes bet on something else.

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers lost big on their Trevor Bauer bet. Will the number crunchers save them?

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers bet on Trevor Bauer once, and they lost. They weren't about to double down on the dumbest wager they've ever placed.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers cut ties with Trevor Bauer rather than keep him for 2023

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers severed ties with Trevor Bauer on Friday by designating him for assignment, preferring to pay him to go away rather than to pay him to pitch for their team.

Los Angeles Times

Paul Sullivan: Is one-time MVP Cody Bellinger a sleeper signing for the Chicago Cubs? Only time will tell.

It was 12 years ago that agent Scott Boras introduced us to the concept of the pillow contract.

Chicago Tribune

How Zoom has helped Major Baseball adjust to free agency since the pandemic

SAN DIEGO — It was Tuesday afternoon, just about halfway through Major League Baseball's first in-person winter meetings in three years, and Andrew Friedman wasn't sure how to assess the three-day affair.

Los Angeles Times

A blue wave at Chavez Ravine? Here’s a look at the Dodgers’ top prospects.

SAN DIEGO — The seed was planted in early November when Dodgers president Stan Kasten told The Times that “we think we are now on the precipice of the next wave of young guys” and that the team “needs to make room to allow that to happen.”

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers have shed millions in payroll. Will they sign a star or try to reset the luxury tax?

LOS ANGELES — The first wave of the Dodgers' offseason is complete.

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Has Cody Bellinger's time run out with Dodgers? We could know by Friday.

LOS ANGELES — For most of the last two seasons, as their star center fielder and former most valuable player slipped into a puzzling cycle of injuries, inconsistency and head-scratching production, the Dodgers have remained steadfast.

Los Angeles Times

Andrew Friedman says Dodgers want Clayton Kershaw and Justin Turner to return

LOS ANGELES — They are the two longest-tenured players in the Dodgers organization.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten backs Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts

Aaron Judge? Slow your roll.

Los Angeles Times

Inside the Dodgers' collapse: Why baseball's winningest team isn't in the World Series

Dave Roberts walked out to the mound once, then again, in the seventh inning, two lonely treks with his team's season on the brink.

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SI:AM | The Astros Just Keep Rolling

Justin Verlander was incredible in leading Houston to victory in Game 1.

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Bill Plaschke: Who to blame for Dodgers' October failure? How about the players?

LOS ANGELES — For days after the biggest disappointment in Dodgers history, fans have been furiously fanning the blame as if it were an ugly yellow towel.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers unlikely to make big changes. Will Cody Bellinger and Clayton Kershaw return?

LOS ANGELES — Andrew Friedman called it the most disappointing elimination in his eight years as the Dodgers’ top front office executive, an “organizational failure” that the team hadn’t been anticipating after a franchise-record 111-win season.

Los Angeles Times

Dave Roberts is expected back, but Dodgers face other key offseason questions

After a decade of unprecedented regular-season dominance, but all too familiar playoff disappointment that continued Saturday night with their elimination in the National League Division Series, the Dodgers find themselves in a familiar place entering this offseason.

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernandez: Blame Andrew Friedman’s roster construction, pitcher strategy for Dodgers’ collapse

SAN DIEGO — The temptation will be to blame Dave Roberts for what happened to the Dodgers on Saturday night.

Los Angeles Times

After bumpy start, Freddie Freeman finally feels at home with Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — There are some days Freddie Freeman's commute is simple.

Los Angeles Times

Chris Taylor determined to play in NLDS; Dodgers mulling pitching roster

LOS ANGELES — The only playoff baseball at Dodger Stadium on Friday was played on the televisions in the clubhouse and the scoreboards in the outfield.

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