PHOENIX — In the weeks before reporting to Camelback Ranch, Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández spent most of his days drenched in sweat at a training facility in Tampa, performing a series of plyometric exercises designed to reconfigure his body. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., his former teammate and 2025 World Series rival of the Toronto Blue Jays, […]
PHOENIX — No translation was needed for Hyeseong Kim’s review of Roki Sasaki’s new slider. “Good,” Kim said in English. Good enough for the Korean infielder to swing on the field and miss Saturday in live batting practice against Sasaki. Roki Sasaki participates in a throwing drill during spring training at Camelback Ranch. Getty Images […]
PHOENIX –– It turns out not everyone in baseball despises the Los Angeles Dodgers’ record spending sprees. On Sunday morning, two of the game’s greatest veterans, Bryce Harper of the Phillies and ex-Dodger Manny Machado, now of the San Diego Padres, were asked if they were trying to compete with the defending two-time World Series […]
PHOENIX — Baby is back. Pocket World Series hero Yoshinobu Yamamoto has returned to the Dodgers with a substantial back end that has been sculpted over the winter to withstand what promises to be a demanding year, including the World Baseball Classic. Everything about the 6-foot-1 right-hander looks stronger, from his chest to his shoulders […]
PHOENIX –– Dodgers reliever Brock Stewart described the shoulder surgery that ended his 2025 season last September as a “fairly simple procedure.” But speaking to The California Post at Camelback Ranch on Friday, the right-hander basically explained everything team surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache did to correct his chronic shoulder problems. “I shaved a bone spur, […]
Spring training games can be hit and miss. Lineups are unpredictable, especially in the early parts of the exhibition season. Players are built up gradually over camp, meaning Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman could be held out one day and Mookie Betts and Kyle Tucker the next. If they do play, they may be limited […]
Evan Phillips is back, like he never left. The veteran reliever signed a one-year, $6.5 million contract with the Dodgers on Wednesday, the team announced, rejoining the organization three months after going undrafted at the start of the offseason. The 31-year-old Phillips was always going to return to the Dodgers, even after he was technically […]
Rome fell. The Titanic sank. Mike Tyson was knocked out by Buster Douglas. Things happen, and they can happen to anyone or anything. Including the Dodgers. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Will Smith, right, celebrates with teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 18, after the team defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the baseball World Series, Sunday, […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers will attend a White House ceremony in their honor this year, the Trump administration confirmed Wednesday, amid calls for the team to scrap the traditional visit. A White House official exclusively told The Post that the team has been in contact with the administration and plans to attend, but a date […]
It’s been three months since Miguel Rojas saved the Dodgers’ 2025 season. And yet the thank yous from fans keep coming. “It was overwhelming,” Rojas said. “Just like in Italy (during the offseason), I’m walking through Rome and I see Dodgers fans there saying, ‘Thanks for hitting that home run.’ It’s crazy.” Rojas #72 of […]