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MLB ’24 NL WEST PREVIEW LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Sunday, March 24, 2024 41
2023: 100-62, first place, lost to Arizona in Division Series | Manager: Dave Roberts (ninth season) | Opening Day: March 20 vs. San Diego in Seoul, South Korea.
OVERVIEW
TOP HITTERS
1B Freddie Freeman (.331, 29 HRs, 102 RBIs, .976
OPS, 59 doubles), SS/2B Mookie Betts (.307, 33,
103, .893 OPS, 40 doubles), DH Shohei Ohtani
(.304, 44, 95, 1.066 OPS, 91 BBs with Angels), C
Will Smith (.261, 19, 76, .797 OPS), OF James Outman (.248, 23, 70, .790 OPS), OF Jason Heyward
(.269, 15, 40, .813 OPS).
PROJECTED ROTATION
RH Yoshinobu Yamamoto (17-6, 1.16 ERA, 176 Ks, 2
CGs in Japan), RH Tyler Glasnow (10-7, 3.53 with
Rays), RH Bobby Miller (11-4, 3.76), LH James Paxton (7-5, 4.50 with Boston), RH Emmet Sheehan
(4-1, 4.92).
ONE TO WATCH
SS/2B Mookie Betts
(.307, 33, 103, .893
OPS, 40 doubles)
KEY RELIEVERS
RH Evan Phillips (2-4, 2.05, 24 saves), RH Brusdar
Graterol (4-2, 1.20, 7 saves), LH Alex Vesia (2-5,
4.35, 1 save), RH Ryan Brasier (3-0, 3.02, 2 saves
with Red Sox and Dodgers).
OUTLOOK
After winning 100 games for
the fourth consecutive full
season and getting swept by
Arizona in their NL Division
Series, the Dodgers are
favorites to win the World
Series with the pricey
additions of Ohtani
($700 million) and Yamamoto ($325 million).
Ohtani will be limited
to DH duties while not
pitching this season as
he recovers from right
elbow surgery last
fall. Betts, Ohtani
and Freeman give
the Dodgers
a monstrous
offensive punch
at the top of
the lineup.
— Associated
Press
K.C. ALFRED/SAN DIEGO
UNION-TRIBUNE
HE’S HERE
DH Shohei Ohtani (left), RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, RHP Tyler Glasnow, OF Teoscar Hernández, LHP James Paxton,
INF/OF Kiké Hernández, INF Andre Lipcius.
HE’S OUTTA HERE
LHP Julio Urías, RHP Lance Lynn, DH J.D. Martinez, OF David Peralta, RHP Ryan Pepiot, LHP Caleb Ferguson, RHP Yency
Almonte, LHP Victor González, RHP Wander Suero, INF Michael Busch, OF Jonny DeLuca, LHP Bryan Hudson.
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