The Latest Breaking News from Dave Roberts

The Dodgers clinched a playoff berth Monday night.

SAN DIEGO — The Dodgers are not officially playoff-bound, after all.

Brandon Nimmo saved Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets with a breathtaking catch at the center-field fence, and Edwin Díaz entered to Timmy Trumpet’s live horn at Citi Field before closing out the Los Angeles Dodgers for a scintillating 2-1 victory

NEW YORK — What a pain in the neck.

Tony Gonsolin leads MLB in ERA, wins, and walks and hits allowed per inning pitched. The Dodgers placed the right-hander on the injured list Monday with forearm tightness. For most teams, that would be a crisis. The Dodgers are treating it as a minor annoyance. Manager Dave Roberts said he…

Timmy Trumpet is hoping to horn in on this most notable season for the New York Mets

MIAMI — Getting started that early on a Sunday morning in South Florida should only involve mojitos and an omelet station.

MIAMI — A very patchwork pitching plan, and some very shaky defense in critical moments, almost cost the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.