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@billplunkett.bsky.social
Dodgers beat reporter for the Southern California Newspaper Group including the Orange County Register
If you haven’t heard — I wrote a book about Shohei Ohtani’s free agency, 50-50 season and the Dodgers 2024 World Series win. If you don’t have your copy yet and want to buy one email me at wplunkett@scng.com.
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Official dates for Dodgers spring training

Feb. 13 — Pitchers and catchers first workout
Feb. 17 — First full squad workout
Feb. 21 — First exhibition game (in Tempe vs Angels)

I’ll let you do the math
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Hope you got everything done in time for Christmas
Happy holidays from me and mine to you and your’n!
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Dodgers 2025 Payroll — $417.3 million
Luxury tax due — $169.4 million
Deferred salaries — $1.064 billion
2025 attendance— Over 4 million
Revenues — $1 billion
Back to back World Series wins — Priceless?
When you’re rich enough, you don’t have to ask

www.ocregister.com/2025/12/19/d...
Dodgers hit with record $169M luxury tax after World Series repeat
Paying the tax for the fifth consecutive year, the Dodgers have a $169.4 million bill, raising their two-year total to $272.4 million. They overtook the Yankees for the first time in total tax sinc…
www.ocregister.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM