Riders Fans had their first overview of the club’s 2025 star team on Saturday during the annual part Dodgerfest fan event at the Dodger stadium.
And on the basis of the apparently endless range of cars that shoots in Chavez Ravine, the cheers that resulted around the celebration of the stadium car park (which took place with the stadium itself still being renovated), And the noisy ovation that the world series of the World Series received a week before the start of the training camp, the thousands of people present liked what they saw.
“It’s like the Avengers, the Monstars (from the film” Space Jam “)”, launcher Tyler Glasnow said of a list that has been reinforced by Blake Snell,, Sasaki Roki,, Tanner Scott and others during a winter with free expenditure of the front office.
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“There was a buzz last year when we got Shohei (Ohtani) “, First goal player Freddie Freeman resonated: “And there is a major buzz here.”
In the middle of all this buzz, Saturday brought some new developments on the eve of a new season.
Here are five things learned from Dodgerfest:
Shohei Ohtani hitting and pitching plan
Exactly when Ohtani will be ready to embark on the majors remains unclear, because the double -direction star ends the final stages of its restoration of a surgical revision of Tommy John 2023.
But about three months withdrawn from a separate surgery to repair a torn labrum he suffered in the World Series, Ohtani said he was “on time” in his rehabilitation as a striker, keeping confidence that he will be aligned as a designated striker when the The season starts in Tokyo next month.
“The offseason felt short, and obviously, with surgery, it was even shorter,” said Ohtani through the interpreter Will Ireton. “But for the moment, it seems that I am on time. I was able to train every day. And I can’t wait to be on time for training in the spring. »»
The biggest question is when Ohtani, who did not launch last season during the rehabilitation of his elbow, will return to the mound. He said he was too early to “determine when exactly” and that it will depend on what he feels once he starts to launch sessions of enclosure of the lifts during spring training.
Dave Roberts manager said the team hopes that Ohtani will join the rotation by May, but “could be earlier”.
“Once he is trained in training in the spring and we see where the launch program is, I think we are just going to leave from there,” said Roberts.
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Other injury updates
Ohtani is not the only star of dodgers to have spent the off -season recovering from surgery.
Freeman underwent surgery in December to eliminate the loose bodies and the floating cartilage of the ankle which he seriously walked at the end of last season.
Consequently, he started hitting only two days ago and was not allowed to run, but he is convinced that he will be back 100% in time for the opening day.
Prohibited veteran Miguel Rojas Also spent a large part of winter on healing, after developing an infection as a result of hernia surgery at the start of the offseason which delayed its recovery for a few weeks. However, he should also be ready for the start of the season, saying that he already feels “close to 100%”.
On the mound, the dodgers also hope to have relatively complete staff on the day of opening. This includes Glasnow, which missed the playoffs because of what he revealed on Saturday was the tendonitis of the Couw. It recovered early enough in winter to have a training program outside the normal season.
Open door for the return of Kiké Hernández
At one point, a song of “ki-ké!” broke around the crowd of Dodgerfest – with fans (and players) hope that the team will re -sign the man of the public services Kiké Hernández After his heroic October.
“Everyone is waiting for this news to appear,” said the outcropper Teoscar Hernández said. “I want Kiké to be back.”
According to the director general Brandon Gomes, a meeting remains possible.
“Obviously, we never close Kiké’s door,” said Gomes. “I think a lot is to make sure that he and his family feel like it’s the best position for him. But we will have these conversations.
Given the crunch of the alignment of the Dodgers – their list of 40 men is full and will remain so until the club can start putting wounded players on the list of wounded 60 days at the start of training Spring-It is possible that the Free Agency of Hernández could be played in the same way as last year, when it only re-signed a few weeks in the pre-season camp.
He struck. 294 with two circuits and six points produced in playoffs after hitting .229 in 126 regular season games.
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Clayton Kershaw also expected
The Dodgers also plan to finalize their long-standing re-signature of the veteran left-hander Clayton KershawBut if this will happen before the start of spring training remains to be seen.
“We were in contact with Clayton, and much of this was to see how he feels and launched,” said Gomes about Kershaw, who had toilets and knees early this winter after being sidelined during the playoffs.
Kershaw said several times towards the end of last year that he would return to Dodgers for what would be his 18th season in Los Angeles. However, its intersane rehabilitation could prevent it from being ready for the opening day.
“Much of this will depend on how the launch program takes place and ensuring that it has the impression of being set up to succeed,” said Gomes.
Dave Roberts contract
The other key task of the offseason that the Dodgers have not yet finished: an extension of contract for Roberts, whose agreement should expire at the end of the year.
Roberts was to negotiate a lucrative extension this winter, after having led the club to the second title of the World Series of its nine -year term. Gomes said the front office was “in contact with Dave” concerning a new agreement, but nothing was completed.
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
