Spring Training

Report: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers 'making progress' on new deal

2013-06-16 05:00:00

PITTSBURGH -- The last we heard anything about Clayton Kershaw’s potential contract extension, it was shortly after opening day, when The Times reported that nothing was imminent. Well, it looks as if Kershaw and the Dodgers are moving toward a...

No June gloom for Angels when Tommy Hanson pitches

2013-06-15 21:40:00

Maybe it's the warm weather. Or the extra-long days. Or maybe, as Tommy Hanson says, the Angel pitcher's success in June is as inexplicable as it has been unnoticed. "I had no clue," said Hanson, who was unaware he hasn't lost a June game since 2010,...

Angels' Peter Bourjos needs time to get back into his groove

2013-06-14 20:46:00

Peter Bourjos was leading the Angels in batting when he strained his left hamstring six weeks ago and landed on the disabled list. And though Bourjos was hitless in two of the first three games he played since being reactivated this week, Angels Manager...

Unbeaten Patrick Corbin landed with Diamondbacks by way of Anaheim

2013-06-11 18:21:00

The pitcher with the best statistics in the National League will start Wednesday for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Dodgers in the finale of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Left-hander Patrick Corbin, who is 9-0 with a 1.98 earned-run...

Matt Kemp compares Yasiel Puig to Mike Trout and Bryce Harper

2013-06-11 11:00:00

Matt Kemp was the first person to compare Yasiel Puig to Bo Jackson. Now Kemp is comparing the Dodgers' rookie outfielder to Mike Trout and Bryce Harper. “I think if he continues to do what he’s doing, he can be just as good as those guys,&...

Angels place Robert Coello on DL; Dane De La Rosa recalled

2013-06-11 12:52:00

BALTIMORE — The Angels on Tuesday placed reliever Robert Coello on the 15-day disabled list because of shoulder inflammation and recalled right-hander Dane De La Rosa from triple-A Salt Lake. Coello, featuring a 94-mph fastball and a forkball that...

Dodgers' Matt Kemp fears being labeled injury-prone

2013-06-10 19:19:00

Matt Kemp once played 399 consecutive games, which was the longest streak in the major leagues at the time. The streak earned Kemp the reputation one of baseball’s ironmen. About to spend his 12th game of the season on the disabled list Monday,...

These Dodgers lineups are getting difficult to watch

2013-06-10 18:16:00

The good news for the Dodgers on Monday was Luis Cruz and his .140 batting average was not batting fifth. And that’s pretty much it for the good news. As has been the case for weeks, the Dodgers’ daily lineup is a thing of beauty. In a...

Brad Hawpe is back in majors with Angels after two-year absence

2013-06-08 10:16:00

BOSTON -- Almost two years since he last played in the big leagues, veteran outfielder Brad Hawpe, who sat out most of 2012 while recovering from Tommy John surgery, buttoned up a big league jersey Saturday morning in the Angels’ Fenway Park...

Dodgers' Yasiel Puig took long road to become overnight sensation

2013-06-07 17:41:00

One swing of the bat and more than 44,000 fans in Dodger Stadium erupted. As the ball sailed over the right-field fence — with the bases loaded — even Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully was at a loss. "I don't believe it!" he exclaimed to...

Dodgers' bullpen does little to ensure continuity or confidence

2013-06-01 21:36:00

DENVER — Don Mattingly's best-case scenario for his bullpen Saturday had him calling in a pitcher to protect a last-inning lead. Asked who that pitcher might be, Mattingly hesitated. "The closer," he said before the Dodgers' 7-6, 10-inning loss....

Hey Dodgers: Call up a player, not just a guy with a good glove

2013-05-31 08:05:00

So the Dodgers played Thursday without a true center fielder. Andre Ethier was the fill-in player, which is swell for a day. But with Matt Kemp on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right hamstring, the Dodgers need to call up an everyday...

Cubs shortstop prospect Javier Baez during spring training in February. (Jos� M. Osorio/Tribune photo)

2013-05-26 20:15:00

The team that led the majors in scoring in spring training was ranked 22nd at the end of the weekend. Kansas City's best hitter in terms of OPS: Miguel Tejada, who is 12th on the team in at-bats.

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Ryan Howard hasn't been a dominant force. Perhaps it's because of his left knee, which he has admitted has bothered him since spring training.

2013-05-10 00:00:00