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Teoscar & Glasnow getting into different shapes, Kim’s PT chance, a swing on Suwinski, a Cuban signing, and #NickSenzelSZN? – Dodgers Digest

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Teoscar & Glasnow getting into different shapes, Kim’s PT chance, a swing on Suwinski, a Cuban signing, and #NickSenzelSZN? – Dodgers Digest

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.

Makes sense.

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.

  • 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.”

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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.
  • 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.

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Glasnow got the grippy.

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