Well, the Spring Training games have started, and thankfully there’s not a whole lot to report on that front. Prospects are getting playing time, nobody is seriously injured (yet), and the Dodgers look relatively sharp.
Anyway, let Dave Roberts hype you up for a three-peat.
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As mentioned, not a ton happening on the field yet in any meaningful sample size, but Nick Senzel (and Santiago Espinal) might present an interesting wrinkle for the Dodgers’ plans to start the season.
Seems kind of clear the Dodgers want a right-handed hitting infielder for their bench while Kiké and Edman are out. Senzel vs Espinal could be an underrated storyline in camp https://t.co/RYoGOWNhM8
— Blake (@ByBlakeWilliams) February 22, 2026
Makes sense.
Nick Senzel clears the bags for a 2-run double ?#DodgersST⚾? pic.twitter.com/rXs6CeC2uG
— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) February 22, 2026
Even more so given some of the injury news below.
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Teoscar Hernandez admitted that he was playing hurt for most of last year, and he dropped weight in the off-season in an effort to bounce back.
“I wasn’t moving the way I know I can move,” Hernández said. The groin injury he dealt with last year never really felt right.So he spent some time in the Dominican Republic this offseason. He cleaned up his diet. That, along with the sweat-inducing humidity of a Caribbean winter, helped him drop 10 pounds back to his usual 204.
Before injury (May 6): .315/.333/.600, 155 wRC+After IL stint (May 19): .223/.268/.404, 84 wRC+
Checks out. https://t.co/dHFlTjrtST
— Dustin Nosler (@DustinNosler) February 18, 2026
In a bit of an opposite from the norm, Tyler Glasnow has spent time putting on more fat at the team’s suggestion.
“They were, like, ‘If you add some more fat, it kind of binds into your tissue a little bit better,’” Glasnow said. “I tried it, and I felt a lot better.”He now walks around at 240-plus pounds, up from his traditional playing weight in the 220s. By one measure, his body fat has increased from 5% to more than 9%.“I feel good at (a lower) weight,” Glasnow said. “I just think it’s hard to go through a full season like that. It’s good to have some weight to play with.”
With Tommy Edman starting the year on the IL, this will be Hyeseong Kim‘s chance to stake his claim to a role on the team. He’s been tuning the swing changes he went through last year, worked on his outfield defense to increase his utility, and adjusted his diet to maintain his weight better throughout the season.
“The swing changes we made last year, I would say I felt about 70% comfortable with,” Kim said through an interpreter on Monday. “And then, this offseason and spring training, we were able to recognize some of the other stuff that we needed to work on, so I’m working very hard to make those changes again this year.”
Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Hyeseong Kim just CRUSHED an opposite field homer off of World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto in live BP at Dodgers Spring Training camp. pic.twitter.com/g92ernHvKt
— Jack Vita (@JackVitaShow) February 17, 2026
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Part of me thinks this is the less embarrassing alternative to sending him down so they can trial right-handed bats. https://t.co/PzJ5g3qQCV
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) February 23, 2026
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In transaction news, there was a MILB signing, a waiver claim, and an international signing.
Yency Almonte is returning on a minor-league deal and will look to regain his 2022 form after two injury-filled years with the Cubs. Why not?
The Dodgers have also added Jack Suwinski from the Pirates, clearing room for him by putting Enrique Hernandez on the 60-day IL. He posted a 107 OPS+ and 3.4 WAR in 2022-23, then cratered to a 59 OPS+ and -2.1 WAR in 2024-25. There’s still potential in there.
Despite really poor performance the last two seasons Suwinski still has a pairing of elite strike zone discipline and above-average bat speed. Too much whiff for him to succeed the last couple years but the under-the-hood elements are there where I could see teams having interest https://t.co/Zviijy1xMC
— Bruce Kuntz (@Bnicklaus7) February 16, 2026
The Dodgers appear to have signed 20-year-old pitcher Yadier Zamora out of Cuba. No word on how much he’ll cost, but it seems like a promising arm being added to their international class.
Sources: Cuban pitcher Yadier Zamora has agreed to a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, pending a physical.
Zamora has reached 93–97 mph in multiple outings in Mexico. In his most recent tryout, he touched 97 mph.
Trained by Thompson Sport Agency. pic.twitter.com/rACdwoYDiQ
— Francys Romero (@francysromeroFR) February 20, 2026
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Glasnow got the grippy.
MLB stars put their grip strength to the test 💪 pic.twitter.com/U1o6ZKsWhP
— MLB (@MLB) February 23, 2026
