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TORONTO, ON – APRIL 08: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers takes the field to pitch in the third inning during the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Michael Chisholm\/MLB Photos via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The latest Dodgers news today is starting to take shape. Here\u2019s everything you need to know heading into today.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udd39 Shohei Ohtani<\/a> Usage Question \ud83d\udd39 Davey Lopes<\/a> Remembered \ud83d\udd39 Rangers Series Ahead \ud83d\udd39 Alex Vesia<\/a> Milestone \ud83d\udd39 What\u2019s Next Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO, ON – APRIL 08: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers takes the field to pitch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-672564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-dodgers","12":"tag-ladodgers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesdodgers","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116381249726527692","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
One of the biggest talking points around Shohei Ohtani<\/a> is how he\u2019s handled between innings when pitching and hitting. Dave Roberts<\/a> said there should be some \u201cgrace\u201d in those situations, acknowledging the unique challenges of managing a two-way player.<\/p>\n
Former Dodgers teammates continue to reflect on the legacy of Davey Lopes<\/a>, including our conversation with Ron Cey<\/a> following his passing. passing.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers open a weekend series against the Texas Rangers, a lineup that can be dangerous but has shown vulnerabilities. The Rangers have struggled against pitches on the outer half, something Dodgers pitchers could look to exploit early in the series.<\/p>\n
Alex Vesia recently appeared in his 300th game for the Dodgers<\/a>, marking another milestone in his career with the club.<\/p>\n
All eyes will be on how the Dodgers manage Ohtani\u2019s workload as the series begins.<\/p>\n