Fabian Ardaya

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fabian Ardaya

CLEVELAND - The big screen in left field at Progressive Field in Cleveland measures 59 feet tall by 221 feet wide and doesn't give you much room to hide. Especially if you're struggling. When Michael Conforto of the Los Angeles Dodgers looked up at the massive jumbotron before his first at-bat on Tuesday, he saw a .162 batting average that was second-worst in the major leagues.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fabian Ardaya

Editor's note:The Athletic is marking 2025 by naming an MLB All-Quarter Century Team, selected by Jayson Stark. We're inviting readers to take our survey and make their picks for the best players at each position since 2000, with the results announced in an upcoming story. Some of our beat writers are picking All-Quarter Century Teams for the teams they cover. Check to find all of our All-Quarter Century Team coverage. It wasn't always the so-called "golden era" of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fabian Ardaya

CLEVELAND - Max Muncy's work began shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, seeking to correct the dread of a frustrating start to the season. The Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman was blunt the night before about a harsh reality. "It's one of those things where I'm just really not good defensively right now," Muncy said. It's been a brutal start to the season. Only one major-league third baseman, the San Diego Padres' Manny Machado, has more errors than Muncy's eight through his first 49 games of the season.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fabian Ardaya

NEW YORK - The 641 days that passed since Shohei Ohtani last threw against hitters on a big-league mound came amid some of the biggest changes of the 30-year-old's life. He's a World Series champion now who set more baseball history en route to a third Most Valuable Player trophy, has become a father, a husband, and, as notable as anything, changed his employer. Ohtani took the mound to pitch batting practice at Citi Field on Sunday wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform.

1 week ago | baseball.realgm.com | Fabian Ardaya

The pitching rehab of Shohei Ohtani will progress to another stage this weekend as he will face hitters on Sunday at Citi Field. Ohtani has been expected to pitch at some point after the All-Star break. The organization’s pacing of Ohtani’s rehab was influenced in part due to wanting to keep Ohtani’s productive bat at the top of their lineup, as well as by the surgery Ohtani underwent to repair a torn labrum on his left (non-pitching) shoulder last November.