Tag: bullpen
Andy Pages helps power Dodgers to series victory over Giants
Fifteen minutes before first pitch on Sunday, Giants catcher Logan Porter trotted in from the visitor’s bullpen. He’d usually be accompanied by the starting pitcher, which was set to be left-hander Kyle Harrison. Instead, Porter stood on the first-base line for the national anthem, turned to his left and whispered to his teammates. As they…
How Ben Casparius worked his way into the Dodgers’ starting rotation
Twelve weeks into the season, the Dodgers are already turning to a 12th different starting pitcher in their revolving door of a rotation. For Ben Casparius, it’s an opportunity he’s patiently waited for all season. Though Casparius is technically still a rookie, the 26-year-old right-hander has seen a lot in his young MLB career. Last…
Shohei Ohtani (and Glasnow and Snell) could be back on Dodgers’ mound sooner than expected
The most important pitches for the Dodgers on Tuesday came long before the start of their game that night. In the second of a key three-game series against the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers found themselves in an uncomfortably familiar position: Lacking an available starting pitcher amid a wave of early-season injuries, and turning instead…
Dodgers injury update: Mookie Betts nears return, Tyler Glasnow stalls
The Dodgers’ lineup should be back at full strength soon. When they’ll be able to say the same about their pitching staff is anyone’s guess. First, the good news for the team: After fracturing the fourth toe on his left foot (the one closest to the pinky toe) last week and missing all three games…
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani inspires awe and confidence
They don’t know what their rotation will look like in October, and they don’t know how worn down their bullpen will look like. What the Dodgers know is this: They have Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani will give them a chance in October regardless of what their roster looks like, just as he did on Friday night…
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani throws live batting practice session
NEW YORK — It had been 641 days since Shohei Ohtani last threw a pitch to a live hitter from a big-league mound. At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, inside an empty Citi Field on a cool afternoon in Queens, he did so again — this time, for the first time, in a Dodger blue uniform. Nineteen months…