Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki has revealed that he's married, something that even caught Dodgers manager Dave Roberts by surprise.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year on Friday night against his old team, the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani, 30, will be the designated hitter.

On his visit to Starkville, the Dodgers' president of baseball operations talked about Ohtani, Sasaki, his club's global ambitions and more.

Shohei Ohtani and Dave Roberts are in an ongoing prank saga. Subscribe to MLB Morning Lineup wherever you get your podcasts

If there were any doubts regarding Shohei Ohtani’s health after offseason surgery, his leadoff home run in his Cactus League debut proves that he is just fine. However, manager Dave Roberts has to determine if the Los Angeles Dodgers will limit Ohtani’s workload this season with him returning to the starting rotation.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the most valuable players in baseball, but even they don’t quite know what to do with him. The post Dave Roberts Admits Uncertainty as Dodgers Struggle to Map Out Shohei Ohtani’s Workload Plan appeared first on EssentiallySports.

And Shohei Ohtani is already crushing home runs while also working on getting back on the mound. Speaking of Ohtani, he was the victim of a very good prank pulled off by his manager, Dave Roberts, who found a creative way to get back at his star player who pranked him last year.

Hitting records is one thing, but launching a full-on prank war? That’s something else entirely! Shohei Ohtani did both when he broke Dave Roberts’ home run record in 2024. To celebrate, he gifted his manager a toy Porsche.

Dave Roberts is still uncertain about how the Los Angeles Dodgers will manage Shohei Ohtani's workload in 2025.

He was so good at the plate as a designated hitter in 2024 that it's easy to forget that the Dodgers will also be getting a frontline starting pitcher in Shohei Ohtani this year. Ohtani was exceptional,