Dodgers

The Dodgers won 94 games last year, repeating as champion of the National League West. They could open the season with a new second baseman, shortstop, catcher and center fielder, with newcomers in 40% of the starting rotation and 50% of the bullpen.

Let’s say you had a lot of money. No, more than that. Way more than that. Like you were a billionaire.

Charley Steiner's name will live forever, at least at his alma mater.

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Most Dodgers fans face the bitter prospect of another baseball season starting without the home team on their television set.

Outfielder Chris Heisey and the Dodgers avoided salary arbitration, as the two sides agreed Thursday to a 2015 salary of $2.16 million.

Despite that early off-season talk of the Dodgers wanting to bring their payroll down under $200 million in 2015, now it looks like they’ll shatter the record $240 million they spent last season.

Dallas Coach Jason Garrett fielded questions about his shaky job security for two years before breaking through with the first trip to the playoffs for the Cowboys since 2009.

A.J. Ellis and the Dodgers avoided salary arbitration, as the catcher agreed to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The Dodgers have a Spanish speaker on the coaching staffs of each of their six minor league affiliates, which makes sense considering how many of their players are from Latin America.

Teenage left-hander Julio Urias will be one of the 27 Dodgers prospects who will participate in the club's winter development program in Los Angeles this week, the team announced.

All six of the Dodgers’ minor league managers will return for the upcoming season, the organization announced Monday.

PACO RODRIGUEZ, 23, reliever.

What were you doing when you were 18 years old? Graduating from high school, playing video games, worried about acne?

Manager Don Mattingly’s entire coaching staff will return for the upcoming season, the Dodgers announced Thursday.

The Dodgers are expected to finalize the signing of Taiwanese pitcher Chin-hui Tsao to a minor league contract any day now, with Major League Baseball blessing the deal over the objection of Taiwan's top professional league.

One and done. Thanks for stopping by for a season, and best of luck and all.

Jimmy Rollins was the shortstop of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 when they won their first World Series in 28 years.

The Bud Selig farewell tour will make its first stop in Los Angeles on Jan. 17.

As we all know, what you get out of life depends on what you put into it. So my first impulse each day — amid so many impulses — is to wonder, "How can I make this world even better?"

JOC PEDERSON, 22, outfielder.

Three months after their historic seasons ended, Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout continue to pick up awards.

As brutal as this season has been for the Lakers, who are on pace for one of the worst records in the 55-year Los Angeles history of the franchise, it could be a lot worse.

Don Sutton won 324 games, ranking among the top 15 in major league history. He won 233 games for the Dodgers, the most of any pitcher for the distinguished franchise.

At least it wasn’t a complete shutout.

For the first time in 60 years, the Baseball Writers Assn. of America has voted four players into the Hall of Fame.

A.J. Ellis, 33, catcher.

MATT KEMP, 30, outfielder.

ANDRE ETHIER, 32, outfielder.

The Dodgers could afford Max Scherzer or James Shields. No one is claiming otherwise.

Hope you love that current Dodgers rotation. Hope you really, really love it. Like, blindly love it.

Say this for Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten, he’s not only letting new President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman reshape what ex-General Manager Ned Colletti built, but also what Kasten did.