J.P. Hoornstra is an On SI Contributor. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
The Dodgers' two-way star isn't the first to pitch and hit well enough to do both in MLB, but he did force the league to change its rules to showcase his excellence.
Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen expressed sympathy for Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their hat on Pride Night in San Francisco after they were reprimanded by MLB — something that happened to him last September.
The catcher left early in the series opener against the Twins, leaving the Dodgers with only two players on their bench for the final six innings in Minnesota.
Walker Buehler discussed the Dodgers' final contract offer that he rejected, and how he felt about leaving Los Angeles after 10 seasons in the organization.
Roki Sasaki is a different pitcher in 2026 than 2025, and the Dodgers' vice president of pitching believes his evolution stems from a new underlying 'carrying quality'.
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