The Los Angeles Dodgers went full force in shoring up their only roster weakness from 2024, but it might not have been enough. After navigating persistent starting pitcher injuries en route to their World Series championship last season,

Beyond the work put in, Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s transformation this season for the Dodgers has, in the view of many around the team, also come down to a few simple things.

The Dodgers continued their plod through this opening month, dropping their third in a row in a 3-0 loss to Skenes’ Pittsburgh Pirates.