It was photograph day at Camelback Ranch on Wednesday, which implies our first official pictures of some new Dodgers sporting one of the best uniform in baseball. Do you keep in mind that first photograph of Mookie Betts in Dodger blue?
Or what about Freddie Freeman final 12 months?
Properly, we’re comfortable to report that Mookie and Freddie nonetheless look nearly as good as ever within the shiny white and delightful blue.
Clayton Kershaw is heading into his sixteenth season with the Dodgers, and whereas he seems so much completely different than he did in 2008, it’s solely been enhancements.
Though there’s one photograph the place he seems so much completely different, and we are able to’t fairly put our finger on why.
New designated hitter JD Martinez has large footwear to fill, basically changing Justin Turner within the lineup and being a part of JT’s alternative within the clubhouse. So far as the uniform goes, it seems like he fills it simply nice.
Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is considered one of only a few big-league hurlers to put on a single-digit uniform quantity. He wears his quantity 7 for a similar purpose Kershaw wears 22: as a result of his favourite participant from his childhood wore the quantity. For Kershaw, it was first baseman Will Clark, who had what was almost a Corridor of Fame profession with the Giants, Rangers, and Orioles. For Urias, it was a man named Darrell Sherman, who performed simply 37 video games within the large leagues three years earlier than Julio was born however later starred for Urias’s hometown Culiacan Tomateros within the Mexican League.
Urias is happy with his quantity 7, and he has the photo-day photograph to show it.
Los Angeles has two new Miguels this 12 months: rookie Miguel Vargas and lately re-acquired infielder Miguel Rojas. The 2 have already turn into shut, engaged on protection collectively in Miami through the offseason. Rojas has turn into considerably of a mentor to Vargas, and the Dodgers social media group likes the connection.
In fact, Vargas isn’t the one center infielder Rojas is a mentor to, and it seems like he has competitors in one of the best mates division on this homage to the hilarious film, Step Brothers.
And eventually, in yet one more popular culture shout-out, right here’s a video montage of photograph day within the type of the one-season TV marvel, Freaks and Geeks.
Which was your favourite photograph from photograph day?
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