Clayton Kershaw's second spring training outing went according to plan, save for one poor throw to first.The ace left-hander breezed through two scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, allowing one hit and walking one during a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Arizona. He worked a perfect inning in his spring training debut against Seattle on Sunday."Another step. Another inning," Kershaw said. "Definitely things I can do better, but for the most part I'll take it. It was all right. I made some good pitches when I needed to. I made some bad ones, too. Enough to work on for the next one."Leury Garcia dropped a single into left in the first for Chicago's only hit off Kershaw. Garcia raced all the way to third when Kershaw made a wild throw on a pickoff attempt, but Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia grounded out to end the inning."I just tried to be a little too quick," Kershaw said, looking back on his fielding miscue. "I think I might have, it would have been... [More]

Clayton Kershaw's second spring training outing went according to plan, save for one poor throw to first.The ace left-hander breezed through two scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, allowing one hit and walking one during a 7-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Arizona. He worked a perfect inning in his spring training debut against Seattle on Sunday."Another step. Another inning," Kershaw said. "Definitely things I can do better, but for the most part I'll take it. It was all right. I made some good pitches when I needed to. I made some bad ones, too. Enough to work on for the next one."Leury Garcia dropped a single into left in the first for Chicago's only hit off Kershaw. Garcia raced all the way to third when Kershaw made a wild throw on a pickoff attempt, but Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia grounded out to end the inning."I just tried to be a little too quick," Kershaw said, looking back on his fielding miscue. "I think I might have, it would have been... [More]

A team-by-team look at the National League West entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:___Los Angeles DodgersManager: Dave Roberts (third season).2017: 104-58, first place, lost to Houston in World Series.Training Town: Glendale, Arizona.Park: Camelback Ranch.First Workout: Feb. 14/19.He's Here: OF Matt Kemp, RHP Tom Koehler.He's Outta Here: 1B Adrian Gonzalez, RHP Yu Darvish, LHP Scott Kazmir, RHP Brandon McCarthy, INF Charlie Culberson, OF Curtis Granderson, 2B Chase Utley, OF Andre Ethier.Going campin': The Dodgers returned to the World Series for the first time since winning it in 1988, only to lose to Houston in seven games. They topped 100 wins while earning a fifth straight NL West title. Clayton Kershaw is one of the elite pitchers in the game, a seven-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner. He begins the season with 144 career victories, 21 shy of Sandy... [More]

OF Kyle Jensen has made a habit of hitting memorable home runs. Jensen already had homered off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner for his first career hit on Sept. 9. On Wednesday, he ended LHP Rich Hill's 20 2/3-inning scoreless streak with the Dodgers with a solo home run high off the batters' eye in center field. Jensen led the Pacific Coast League this season with 30 home runs for Reno.

LF Kyle Jensen got the start, his third in Arizona's past seven games.

LF Kyle Jensen had a first hit to remember. Jensen hit a two-run homer off Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner in the third inning Friday, his first career hit, for a 4-1 lead. He entered the game after CF A.J. Pollock (groin) was forced to leave after the first inning. Jensen, signed as a minor league free agent last winter, was purchased from Triple-A Reno last Saturday after leading the Pacific Coast League with 30 HRs and 120 RBIs. Miami picked Jensen in the 12th round of the 2009 draft. He had 144 homers in his six full minor league seasons with the Marlins.

RF Kyle Jensen, a 28-year-old rookie who made his major league debut as a pinch hitter Saturday night and flied out, pinch ran for Yamani Tomas in the seventh and then stayed in the game. Jensen batted in the eighth and was hit with a pitch thrown by Carlos Estevez.

1B/OF Kyle Jensen, 28, made his major league debut as a pinch hitter and flied out in the eighth after the Diamondbacks selected his contract from Triple-A Reno on Saturday. He hit .289 with 30 homers and 120 RBIs for Reno, leading the Pacific Coast League in the latter two categories. He was a minor league free agent after last season and signed with the Diamondbacks. Jensen spent the first six years of his career in the Miami organization before being traded after the 2014 season to the Dodgers and spending last year at Triple-A Oklahoma City. Arizona manager Chip Hale said, "It's great to be able to promote a guy like him, give him an opportunity. We'll see if we can get him a game or two at first, two or three out in the outfield and see what he looks like."

Jensen was designated for assignment by the Dodgers on Friday.

Jensen was acquired from the Marlins last month, but the Dodgers are apparently willing to expose him to waivers regardless. Jensen will likely open the 2015 campaign with Triple-A Albuquerque if he is not claimed by another team.

Jensen was acquired by the Dodgers on Monday.

Jensen was traded away from the Marlins for cash considerations and a player to be named later. He spent the majority of last season at Triple-A New Orleans where he played in 133 games while accounting for 27 home runs and 92 runs batted in on a .260 batting average.

Kyle Jensen hit a two-run homer off Drake Britton in the top of the ninth to lead the Marlins to a 5-4 win over a Red Sox split-squad on Tuesday.

That makes him 4-for-8 this spring. Jensen, 25, hit 28 homers in the minors last season, but it came with just a .235 average and 144 strikeouts in 447 at-bats between Double- and Triple-A. He's probably not going to make the Marlins unless he's a starter, and that seems like quite a long shot. Still, with the way Miami tends to shuffle through players, he could get a look later on.

Marlins purchased the contract of OF Kyle Jensen from Double-A Jacksonville.

The move protects him from December's Rule 5 Draft. Jensen, 24, batted .234/.338/.452 with 24 home runs and 84 RBI in 132 games at the Double-A level this year.

X-rays on Marlins' prospect outfielder Kyle Jensen's left elbow came back negative.

Jensen was hit in the elbow by a pitch during Tuesday's game. The area is still very swollen, so it's possible he'll go for further testing in a couple days. The 23-year-old outfielder batted .299/.373/.524 with 27 homers, 76 RBI and an .897 OPS last season between High-A Jupiter and Double-A Jacksonville and was ranked as the organization's No. 19 prospect by Baseball America during the offseason.