Dodgers

It’s a tale as old as the game itself. Rookie breaks camp with big-league club for first time and crushes opposing pitching. Scouts find holes in youngster’s swing. Pitchers make adjustments to exploit weaknesses. Rookie goes into extended…

What was left of a crowd of 49,749 in Chavez Ravine got to witness some middle-of-May high drama Monday night when Trayce Thompson, mired in an 0-for-30 slump, drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Dodgers…

All that hype about the Padres coming into this season?The Dodgers made it look like a bunch of hot air over the last 10 days.After eking out a series win in San Diego last weekend, the Dodgers emphatically swept their National League West…

Like many of his teammates, Freddie Freeman already seemed tired of the topic.Asked Friday night about the significance of the Dodgers’ early success against the star-studded San Diego Padres — particularly in the wake of the Padres’…

The seats were full, but the atmosphere was lacking.For most of Friday night at Dodger Stadium, a crowd of 49,399 booed loudly for Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado, cheered wildly every time the Lakers’ score was flashed on the…

There is at least one benefit to the powerball numbers being played by Chris Taylor, the Dodgers utility man who entered Friday night’s game against the San Diego Padres with only 18 hits on the season but seven home runs.“I guess what’s…

It took Victor González just 2½ weeks from his April 22 promotion to the Dodgers to forge a prominent role in a bullpen that has found its footing after a rocky start to the season, the left-hander’s 7⅔ scoreless innings in seven games…

MILWAUKEE —  The Dodgers bullpen picked up the rotation Tuesday night, covering the final eight innings of a win over the Milwaukee Brewers after starter Noah Syndergaard departed because of a deep cut on the index finger of his pitching…

MILWAUKEE —  A ghost buster, Mookie Betts is not.For the Dodgers’ series in Milwaukee this week, Betts has opted to rent a local Airbnb with some friends rather than stay with his teammates at the legendary Pfister Hotel, which many claim…

MILWAUKEE —  What the Dodgers called a “cut” on the index finger of Noah Syndergaard’s pitching hand looked more like a divot, so large was the chunk of flesh missing from the fingertip of the right-hander on Tuesday night.Unable to stem…