The Latest Breaking News from Freddie Freeman

For Dodgers’ Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman, playing every day is part of the deal

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.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 26, 2022

Bill Plaschke: Chasing record wins, red-hot Dodgers need to play it cool

LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 25, 2022

Mark Bradley: Can the Braves find room for both Ozzie Albies and Vaughn Grissom?

The Braves have a 25-year-old second baseman who’s a two-time All-Star and who’s under a not-lavish contract through 2027. They have an even younger second baseman who, through 14 big-league games, has an OPS of 1.123 and a batting average of .420. The former is Ozzie Albies, who’s rehabbing a…

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Dustin May thrives in his return from Tommy John surgery as Dodgers blank Marlins

LOS ANGELES — Tommy John surgery is so common, with hundreds of pitchers from high school to the big leagues undergoing the elbow ligament replacement procedure every year, and its success rate (80% to 90%) so high that it almost seems routine.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 21, 2022

With no one home, Mookie Betts scores go-ahead run in Dodgers’ win over Marlins

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers cleanup batter Will Smith hit an eighth-inning grounder to the left of Miami third baseman Jon Berti with runners on first and third and one out in a tie game Friday night.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 20, 2022

Mark Bradley: The Braves are really, really good. Get used to it.

Ten days ago, the Braves left New York having lost four of five to the Mets, whose lead in the National League East had grown to 6.5 games. The Braves had lost three in a row for the first time in 2022. They weren’t quite reeling, but they’d suffered a…

Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022

Tony Gonsolin flirts with perfection as Dodgers turn winning streak up

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Put this guy in pictures. Kansas City Royals reliever Josh Staumont entered a pristine game in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers promptly lit him up with four hits and a walk en route to an 8-3 victory Friday night.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 13, 2022

Royals were beating bases-loaded, nobody-out odds, until Dodgers heated up for victory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the second time in two games, the Royals escaped ultimate baseball danger. They didn’t allow a run after the opponent loaded the bases with no outs.

Tribune News Service · Aug 13, 2022

Mark Bradley: Jason Heyward’s career takes another abrupt turn

It was 2010. Jason Heyward was baseball’s No. 1 prospect. In spring training, he launched baseballs that pelted cars parked behind the outfield fence at Disney’s Wide World of Sports. He was from McDonough. He was big, strong and fast. He was wise beyond his tender years. Crusty folks who’d…

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

Dylan Hernández: Dodgers' dominance means only one thing — they must win the World Series

By now, the years are starting to blend together, the decade-long renaissance making one season indistinguishable from the last. October baseball is now taken for granted in this city.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 8, 2022