Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani, 30, will be the designated hitter.

They say all is fair in love and war, and Manny Machado seems like he’d include baseball in that adage. The Padres’ 32-year-old third baseman was the target of a tactic that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has said was aimed at getting the focus off his team last fall in the NL Division Series.

MLB spring training is in full swing, and there is new roster speculation floating around daily. There are question marks for every team — even the defending World Series champions. The Los Angeles Dodgers have question marks in center field and at second base.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night. That will be against his old team, the

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the Angels.

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the

Dave Roberts said he and the Los Angeles Dodgers organization were overlooked in the 2024 Manager of the Year voting. Roberts did not receive any first-place votes.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18), gets a pat on the back from manager Dave Roberts after pitching two and a half innings of a spring training baseball game

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the Los Angeles Angels.

Once blamed for the team’s every postseason failure, his pitching decisions dissected and found wanting, Roberts’ new reality sees him measured against Hall-of-Fame managers – and not found