The Dodgers shattered Major League Baseball’s spending record with a combined $515 million in payroll and luxury tax last year en route to their second straight World Series title, according to final figures compiled by the commissioner’s office, and Los Angeles is projected for the highest total again in 2026
April 16, 2026
Shohei Ohtani pitched six strong innings, striking out 10, as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the New York Mets 8-2
April 16, 2026
Shohei Ohtani was the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night but he was held out of the lineup as designated hitter
April 16, 2026
The New York Mets' bats have gone silent during a seven-game losing streak
April 15, 2026
Shohei Ohtani has surpassed Ichiro Suzuki for the longest on-base streak by a Japanese-born player
April 11, 2026
Davey Lopes, a longtime Los Angeles Dodgers infielder and premier base stealer, has died
April 09, 2026
Blue Jays right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after two innings because of forearm tendinitis
April 07, 2026
The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are off to good starts — and their MVPs are finally starting to hit
April 06, 2026
Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman — the first four hitters in the Los Angeles lineup — all homered in a 13-6 win over the Washington Nationals
April 04, 2026
Shohei Ohtani opened his season on the mound with six scoreless innings and a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers
April 01, 2026
Shohei Ohtani dominated in his first start on the mound this season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 in drizzly conditions
April 01, 2026
The official report from MLB's replay review says a critical play in the Los Angeles Dodgers' wild Game 7 World Series win last year was determined by feet, not inches
March 11, 2026
The number of doubles and triples in the major leagues went down again last year
March 05, 2026
Shohei Ohtani played for the first time in what is expected to be only a couple of Cactus League games for the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers before he departs the desert to join Japan for the World Baseball Classic
February 21, 2026
Isiah Kiner-Falefa wishes he had taken a bigger lead off third base in the ninth inning of World Series Game 7 last year
February 10, 2026
Kyle Tucker has agreed to a $240 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, bolstering their chance for a third consecutive World Series championship
January 16, 2026
Clayton Kershaw isn't done pitching just yet
January 15, 2026
The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a record $169.4 million luxury tax after winning their second straight World Series title, raising their two-year total to $272.4 million
December 19, 2025
Edwin Díaz won’t receive all of his $69 million from the Dodgers until 2047, with the closer’s deal raising deferred payment obligations for the two-time World Series champions to more than $1.06 billion due to nine players
December 15, 2025
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that reliever Edwin Díaz has agreed to $69 million, three-year contract with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers
December 09, 2025
Shohei Ohtani plans to play for Japan in next year’s World Baseball Classic
November 25, 2025
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honor and Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the third time
November 14, 2025
It’s become an annual ritual: Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions being handed out at a major train station
November 14, 2025
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