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Fabian Ardaya

Fabian Ardaya

Staff Writer/Dodgers Beat Writer at The Athletic

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The Ohtani Effect: Dodgers embrace ‘learning curve’ in dealing with extra attention - The Athletic

PHOENIX — , at his core, wants to be like everyone else. “I’m on a brand new team,” he said Friday morning, adorned in a shade of blue that will take some getting used to until he actually suits up for the . “So I’m going to act like a rookie and try to get along with all the guys.” His approach includes introducing himself, even though the $700 million attached to his name and the 50 or so Japanese media members following him around daily could render that pursuit a tad redundant. Most “rookies…
about 1 year ago
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Max Muncy is moving better at third base, a boon for the Dodgers - ...

PHOENIX — has peace of mind when he stands at third base these days. After all, whatever uncertainty he could’ve had this winter was addressed quickly with a contract extension that keeps him with the , with whom he’s said he wants to retire someday. Plus, Muncy said the defensive woes that stuck in his head early last spring are explainable: It wasn’t all him, even as he conceded he let the errors linger. The struggles proved to be a “snowball effect,” general manager Brandon Gomes said. Muncy…
about 1 year ago
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Dodgers learning quickly that Shohei Ohtani loves for details - The...

PHOENIX — Back in 2019, ahead of his first season as exclusively a hitter, had a request. He wanted to do his homework as he prepared to return from Tommy John surgery in May. Yes, Ohtani’s rookie season for the had been a flash of brilliance, but much of the league remained new to him. So Ohtani examined the schedule that spring and asked then-general manager Billy Eppler if he could get footage of the pitchers from the teams the Angels would face that summer. Advertisement Every. Single. One…
about 1 year ago
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto's anticipated Dodgers debut quickly falls apart:...

SEOUL — When the first pitch left his hand at 96.6 mph, made his status official: the owner of baseball’s richest contract ever for a pitcher had actually thrown his first pitch in the major leagues. And when his 43rd and final pitch dove under Jackson Merrill’s bat, it marked the end of a disastrous debut. The 25-year-old right-hander completed just one inning, allowing five runs to thrust his new club into a hole they couldn’t overcome in an offense-filled to the at the Gocheok Skydome in…
about 1 year ago
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Dodgers’ Bobby Miller asserts his dominance with brilliant 2024 deb...

LOS ANGELES — ’s reminder began with triple digits and ended with a roar. This time a year ago, he was the picture of the future. And after the club handed out money bags to his rotation mates for years to come, the 24-year-old’s season debut was the kind of electric brilliance that shouldered the load for a club that won 100 games a year ago. Advertisement The Dodgers have pitched Miller as the type of arm you can build rotations around while still adding not one but two front-line starters th…
about 1 year ago
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Despite loss, Yoshinobu Yamamoto embraces 'the peak' of his Dodgers...

LOS ANGELES — As they sat and ate lunch in December, put on the hard sell with a visual. He reminded to look up. When you take that Dodger Stadium mound, he said, notice the four decks. The crowd. The aura. “It,” Freeman said, “is the peak.” When Yamamoto did take the mound on that visit this winter, the man who dominated Japan for three consecutive years listened. He gazed up there, absorbing it all. Advertisement “I could see the look in his eyes that he was pretty amazed,” said, recalling…
about 1 year ago
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is learning to adjust early in his Dodgers caree...

CHICAGO — could still see his breath the first time he strolled upon the mound at Wrigley Field. A tarp still covered the dirt as Yamamoto mimed his arm motion in the cold. He rarely has had a moment the past few weeks to gauge his surroundings; Friday morning at least gave him a chance to see what he’d be seeing the next day. Advertisement He flung javelins through the brisk Chicago morning air before stopping for a quick conversation and photo with one of the few on the planet who understands…
12 months ago
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Shohei Ohtani matches Hideki Matsui for most MLB home runs by Japan...

LOS ANGELES — It took one, authoritative swing Friday night for to once again reach history and match an idol. No Japanese-born player in history has ever homered more than baseball’s richest man after Ohtani walloped an outside fastball from starter and drove it into the pavilions seating in left center field Friday at Dodger Stadium. Advertisement Career home run No. 175 leveled Ohtani with Hideki Matsui, the fearsome Japanese slugger for the Yankees, Angels, Athletics and whom Ohtani has…
12 months ago
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Dodger Details: Walking into dubious history, Bobby Miller's injury...

LOS ANGELES — When they spoke of the potential history this high-priced group could create, nights like Sunday were not what they meant. The lit the match to their own demise and had to wait until the seventh inning to pay the price. Their pitchers walked 14 batters, inviting the danger they’d succumb to in a 6-3 loss to the . Advertisement It marked the most walks the franchise had issued in a game in more than 60 seasons, a 10-4 loss to the on June 29, 1962. Enthusiasts of strike-throwing ne…
12 months ago
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What we’ve learned about the LA Dodgers after 30 games: 3 takeaways...

TORONTO — The winning streak was halted at six . A torrent of offense since leaving home came up dry in Sunday’s series finale against , and ’s best shot with the bases loaded in the eighth inning settled harmlessly into ’s glove a couple of feet shy of the wall. Advertisement “Max needed to do one more bicep curl today,” deadpanned after. “Felt good,” Muncy said. “Hit it good. Just hit it too high. … Good at-bat. Got a pitch to hit. Can’t really say I missed it. Just hit it too high.” Even af…
11 months ago
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Dodgers' Andy Pages might be here to stay, as games like Friday sho...

LOS ANGELES — Sometime this weekend or early next week, will cross a milestone: He will have taken more at-bats in the major leagues than he has at Triple A. With the way he’s hit, it’s hard to see the sending him back down anytime soon. And with moments like Friday, when he delivered a jam-shot single for his fourth hit of the game to walk off the , he’s shown something. Advertisement “He’s made for the big moments,” said after Friday’s 4-3 win in 11 innings. Pages has flashed in his first t…
11 months ago