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I don't think that should be the focus. I think the focus should be winning baseball games against every team. I don't think focusing on the Dodgers is going to help us win at all. I think when you focus on a certain team, when you get to play that team, you're going to tense up and you're not gonna be the same team.

The older brother of fellow Dodgers righty River Ryan, Ryder is a 30-year-old reliever who's pitched in parts of two major league seasons. He saw time with the '23 Mariners and the '24 Pirates, combining for 21 2/3 innings during that brief pair of looks. He yielded 13 runs (5.40 ERA) on 21 hits and 10 walks with 19 strikeouts.

Freeman has played 100 or more games in 14 of his 16 MLB seasons, with the exceptions being 2010 - when he didn't exceed his rookie limits with the Atlanta Braves - and the shortened 2020 season. He has managed 147 games in each of the last two seasons and missed a total of seven games across the three seasons prior.

Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher Jack Dreyer earned a spot on Baseball Digest's Rookie All-Star Team as the team's sole relief pitcher.

The 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers are shaping up to be a powerhouse once again, having added some key pieces to their roster during the offseason. While the additions they've made have supplemented the team well, Dodgers Nation decided to ask fans which former Dodger they'd most like to add to the roster for the upcoming season during their prime. Our staff proposed several options, and the fans even proposed some of their own.

The Dodgers sent infielder Ryan Fitzgerald outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City, according to the MLB.com transaction log. He cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week when they finalized their one-year deal with Andy Ibáñez. The Dodgers still need to make a 40-man roster move once they announce the Kyle Tucker contract. Los Angeles will keep Fitzgerald around as non-roster depth. The lefty-hitting utilityman hadn't cleared outright waivers before, nor does he have the three years of MLB service to elect free agency.

If you go and you have a lockout right now, during peak Shohei Ohtani time and Aaron Judge time and coming off a World Series that had 51 million viewers at a time when the NBA has struggled with its ratings, where it's very competitive to get eyeballs in this day and age, if Major League Baseball had a lockdown, it could set this sport back by a decade at least,

Also on this day in Dodgers history - but in 2010 -- the Dodgers avoided salary arbitration with Matt Kemp by agreeing to a two-year, $10.95 million contract. Kemp was coming off a career season in which he batted .297/.352/.490 with 25 doubles, seven triples, 26 home runs, 101 RBI and 34 stolen bases over 668 plate appearances (162 games). He finished 10th in National League MVP voting that year while also winning his first career Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Awards.

"Any team that exceeds the base luxury-tax threshold for three or more consecutive years pays a 50 percent penalty for every dollar it goes above," Rosenthal and Sammon wrote. "Any team that exceeds the base threshold by $60 million or more pays an additional 60 percent surcharge. "The Los Angeles Dodgers qualify on both counts, so their penalty for signing Tucker or any of the other remaining free agents would be 110 percent. At a $40 million AAV, Tucker would cost them $84 million. At a $35 million AAV, the number would be a mere $73.5 million."

It marked a second consecutive year a Dodgers official served as the Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade as Billie Jean King had the honor of doing so to start 2025. Johnson road down Colorado Boulevard, waiving to attendees who braved the elements in order to experience the annual Rose Parade.