Dodgers notes: Gavin Stone, Edwin Díaz, Tatiana Tate
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 24: Gavin Stone #35 of the Los Angeles Dodgers delivers a pitch against the Cleveland Guardians during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch on February 24, 2026 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) | Getty Images Gavin Stone resumed throwing this week, about four weeks after he was shut down in spring training with shoulder soreness . “I would say he’s pre-spring training, or right at the beginning,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters at Dodger Stadium on Monday , which suggests a build-up period of likely four to five weeks before he might be ready to return from the injured list .
Edwin Díaz protected one-run leads in each of his first two appearances with the Dodgers. Maddie Lee at the Los Angeles Times wrote about the closer’s first weekend with his new team : “It’s more of what it does to the opponent,” Roberts said. “When you have him looming, and then you take the lead, you have that feeling.
I’ve been on the other side of that. You feel like the game’s over. So to have him on our side, it’s huge.
And obviously, on our side, we feel very confident. ” Tatiana Tate, the Long Beach native who played live trumpet during Díaz’s entrances for both Friday and Saturday’s game talked with Sonja Chen at MLB. com about her Dodger Stadium experience , including that her first appearance was kept secret to make it a surprise: “I can’t say whether I will be back or not,” Tate said in a phone interview with MLB.
com. “But would I like to be back? Absolutely, in any capacity.