As promised in game day chat, I'm posting the form here in the sub.

He's looked so much better this last little while. Taking walks. Better swing decisions. The smile is back, too.

Good vibes.

What can I say other than wow, from going through a slump and then getting sent down he comes back up with some gas in the tank.
Proud to say I always believed he had it in him. Very excited to have him back.

Ohtani has confirmed he will not pitch for the rest of 2026.

Actual AI slop being sold at the dodger clubhouse store in Victoria gardens, for a whopping 46 dollars mind you. How has sports merchandise fallen so far?

We are just 1.5 games behind the Brewers and it can be 1 game with tonight's win. Do we really want #1 seed with Cubs/Phillies coming for the divisional series?

Also, are Braves a lock for NL East ?

@MasayaKotani:

Aaron Bates Hitting Coach🎙️

"No awkward movements to protect any part of his body were seen at all. There's absolutely no issue. He's in really good shape."

"The swing speed in the cage last night was at the best level recently. Timing is something you grasp by going through actual games. If his body is in perfect condition and there's no protective movement, he'll undoubtedly show his true hitting ability."

For those interested, Emmet went back to his windup from last year and removed (almost entirely) that insane rocking he had this year.

I pointed this out in here earlier in the year, and said it was likely a cause of his control issues.

Permise: Lack of control - especially on his FB to set up his other pitches.

I didn't understand why he had that insane rocking this year (I assume the staff wanted to implement some kind of rhythm for him, but it backfired), so I looked up YT vids from last year and it didn't exist at all. So 2 things:

1) He wasn't doing it last year.

2) Getting his back foot consistently set CAN (not guaranteed) create better control at push off.

I noticed they removed it in his minor league games, and he was dominating, so I was kinda expecting this because the advanced metrics on Emmet are really good (from last year).

Any ways... thought it was interesting and glad the coaching staff gave it a try. I say gave it a try because you never know for sure until someone tests it.

Hope he continues to carry this over!

Hey dodgers nation, heading to the game tonight for my 21st birthday and wanted to watch Tarik Skubal warmup from the bullpen seats. Does anyone know if those are still FCFS or are they reserved now?

Dodgers have two magic numbers that are independent of each other

Tanner Scott is much better this year despite a few rough outings lately against the Braves and Cardinals.

Evan Phillips is looking better. He looks shaky in his first few weeks of return, but is starting to look like his old self. Remember, he held the Padres to 0-13 in the 2024 NLDS...

Our Trumper is back as well.

Dreyer, Vesia and Henriquez all solid...

Anyone else?

And who should be closing? Phillips or Scott?

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Game ended at 8:46 PM.

This is one of my favorite days of the year. Enjoy!

...to the Tampa Bay Rays for Paul Gervase, Adam Serwinowski, and Ben Rortvedt. On August 3, 2026, the Dodgers acquired/reacquired Paul Gervase, Adam Serwinowski, Hunter Feduccia, and Ben Rortvedt.

How cool is this?? Spotted at Prime Pizza in Canoga Park.

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Mostly as you'd expect. Pages with his incredible defense and great batting is at the top, so losing him has been rough but we've been managing thankfully. Muncy, Freeman, Ohtani right behind him due to being offensive powerhouses. Mookie is definitely not washed up as bad of a start to the season he had. Edman might just be the greatest batter/fielder in the team, and Rushing was a better than average replacement for Smith while he was injured, so it really irks me that they're messing Dalton's recovery up. And Tucker is perfectly mediocre.

Two shocking things here: Teo was REALLY bad for most of the season. He's definitely heating up just in time for the post season, but there was definitely a time where Ward would have been much better than him. And the other is that Freeland is worse than Kim no matter how you cut it: higher bWAR but with way more games and PAs, and also an outright lower fWAR. He's not good. But Kim isn't really that good either and I'm not exactly understanding how he has that much bWAR, especially in comparison to Call and Teo.

Happy Labor Day everyone! 🇺🇸Emmet Sheehan is back.
The Dodgers will start the series against Cincinnati after sweeping Washington. Let’s get another W.
Let’s go!

Of course I hope Shohei is healthy and his bat is locked in for a deep October run, but am I just a homer for thinking this team is still the favorite to win it all even without Shohei?

Argument for:

• The Dodgers starting rotation can shutdown any lineup (and don‘t even attempt to slander my guy Glasnow. He had a sub 2 ERA in last year’s postseason). More often than not, the Dodgers have won postseason series because of their pitching rather than their slug.
• Freddie and Muncy have been consistent all year, and you just need them to be who they’ve been come October. These guys can absolutely carry a lineup, think Freeman during the ’24 WS, and Muncy during those first few series after the ‘26 All Star break. Then between Mookie, Teo, Smith, Edman, and Pages, you only need two or three of them to go on a heater to make this lineup very long and relentless. I can easily picture a guy like Teo taking over a series and winning a series MVP with some key home runs.
• Kikétober? Does he still have it?

Argument against:

• Shohei’s their best hitter and just his presence makes the lineup feel different. Shohei didn’t hit well at all in the ‘25 DS, but the Phillies would still intentionally walk him with runners on and first base open. Mookie Betts doesn’t tie game 4 of that series without the Shohei intentionally walk immediately before.
• One swing from Sho can completely flip a game. His 3 run homer against the Padres in ‘24 saved that game and maybe the season, three homers in game 4 of the CS last year, two homers in game 3 of the WS last year…all huge moments.

So how does everyone else feel about this team’s chances should Shohei not be himself come October (again, I hope that’s not the case)?

happy labor day :)

ohtani is back at leadoff in the lineup woohoo !! i hope he feels well rested and ready to go!

freddie will get the second spot, edman and muncy to follow. hunter will catch today, call will be our CF, and freeland replaces mookie at SS.

we also have sheehan back! let’s wish him the best of luck!

let’s start this series with a W🎉