Jacob has been a lifelong Dodger fan, stemming from a childhood dream to play for the big-league team. While not covering his favorite team, he works as a relief manager at Big 5 Sporting Goods as well as reporting and writing for the Valley Sports Telegram, covering scholastic and collegiate games throughout the San Fernando Valley.
2024 review: Daniel Hudson
Hudson bounced back from an MCL injury that nearly wiped his 2023 season, ends his career as a two-time World Series champion.
Notes: Flaherty, Betts, Hope
Jack Flaherty was visibly intoxicated during the Dodgers’ World Series Parade, and his former high school teammate, Lucas Giolito, doesn’t blame him for his way of celebrating.
2024 review: Teoscar Hernández
Teoscar Hernández had a career season with the Dodgers in 2024 while becoming the first Dodger to win the Home Run Derby, made an All-Star team, won a Silver Slugger Award, was named to the All-MLB team, and had big hits in the postseason.
Three offseason moves the Dodgers need to make
Looking into the three offseason moves that the Dodgers need to make ahead of the 2025 season.
FA Notes: Soto, Hernández, Treinen
Juan Soto to the Dodgers is an unlikely scenario, but should the Yankees fail to bring him back, New York has their sights set on signing Teoscar Hernández.
2024 review: Gavin Lux
After missing a year with a torn ACL, Gavin Lux lost the shortstop job during spring training and struggled in the first half of the season. But the Dodgers second baseman turned things around offensively in July and turned in a solid season.
Notes: Ohtani’s 50-50 home run ball, Hernández, Puig
Shohei Ohtani’s 50-50 home run ball now resides at Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan.
Notes: Valenzuela’s cause of death revealed, Freeman, Hernández
Fernando Valenzuela passed away due to decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis.
Notes: Miguel Rojas, Max Scherzer
Miguel Rojas weighed in on what it means to win a World Series championship, noting how the sacrifices his family made to get him to where he is now have fully paid off.
Notes: Kershaw’s surgery, Hernández, Garvey
Clayton Kershaw underwent surgery on both his toe and his knee on Wednesday.