Freeway Series, Game Three, 2024

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Dodgers at Angels, 6:07 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports West, SPNLA. The series moves south to Anaheim to wrap up.

LHP James Paxton (0-0, 4.50 ERA Spring Training) will make his second start of the spring for the Dodgers; he’ll face RHP Chase Silseth (1-0, 1.08 ERA Spring Training), who will make his fourth appearance of the spring and his third start for the Angels.

Today in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1984 President Ronald Reagan awards Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color line playing for the Dodgers in 1947, the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. On behalf of her late husband, Rachel Robinson accepts the award, the highest civilian honor given in the United States.

Lineups when available.

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  4. From The Athletic:

    The Dodgers and catcher Will Smith are in agreement on a 10-year, $140 million contract extension, a league source told The Athletic. The deal, which is pending a physical, is expected to be announced as soon as Wednesday afternoon. It’s the longest contract for a catcher in major league history, according to MLB researcher Sarah Langs.

    After spending more than $1 billion to free agents this offseason, the Dodgers have now totaled $274 million in contract extensions this winter, setting into place the club’s foundation for the foreseeable future. The deal reportedly includes deferred compensation, adding to the pile of nearly $1 billion in deferred money the club will owe a decade from now to the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández.

    • This is extraordinary, given the high injury risk for the most physically demanding position on the field (excluding starting pitcher, which involves different sorts of demands).

  5. I’ve been too busy learning to interpret Japanese to English and English to Japanese. I hear the pay is good.

  6. Not sick, but not into the swing of things yet. Guess thrown off by the early season start.

  7. Fun listening to Dino Ebel. Mookie a bit soap-fingered and Ohtani got booed. He didn’t look happy. But good to see the three dingers. I’m ready for opening day redux!

    • Opening Day redux indeed on Thursday. This series with the Halos was akin to eating unhealthy snacks between two big meals. Best to all my fellow bloggers. And thank you, Link.