Shohei Ohtani Hasn’t Run Out of Ways to Amaze The Dodgers star is on pace to reach another astounding number. Plus notes on Juan Soto’s struggles and Spencer Strider’s tough return. Sports Illustrated · May 29, 2025
Mic’d Up Dodgers Third Base Coach Called No-Doubt Home Run the Second It Hit the Bat “That ball’s gone.” Sports Illustrated · Mar 25, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge Enter the Annals As Unanimous MVP Outliers After a pair of historic seasons, the two towering sluggers joined rarified air by adding to their respective trophy cases. Sports Illustrated · Nov 21, 2024
Shohei Ohtani: how the LA Dodgers’ humble, normcore megastar reached baseball’s biggest stage As the Dodgers’ $700m sensation preps for his MLB playoff debut, his teammates describe a player whose otherworldly talents belie an impossibly down-to-earth persona The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2024
Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers' experiment could make long-term sense. CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list. Los Angeles Times · Apr 22, 2023
'He looked natural over there.' Mookie Betts seamlessly adjusts to second base for WBC. TEMPE, Ariz. — Team USA's starting second baseman Thursday took his position for some work a few hours before the first pitch against the Angels and looked the part. Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2023
Is rookie Miguel Vargas' dynamic bat worth making risky infield move? Dodgers think so. LOS ANGELES — A new rule banning infield shifts will require big league second basemen to cover far more ground than they have for the past decade or so, when teams regularly positioned three infielders on the right side against left-handed hitters. Los Angeles Times · Feb 15, 2023
Druw Jones part of a growing class of next-gen stars with last-gen bloodlines LOS ANGELES — Pull up to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday and you’ll watch the best baseball players in the world on the same field for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Judge. Mookie Betts. Mike Trout. Los Angeles Times · Jul 17, 2022
‘Poetry in motion’: How Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner made sliding cool Last August, Trea Turner, less than a month into his Dodgers career, scored from second base against the Philadelphia Phillies and slid into internet lore. Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022