On this episode of the Three-Inning Save podcast, we catch up with recent three-inning saves in Major League Baseball, and how this year is ahead of the 2025 pace that saw the most such saves in a quarter century.

Plus, we talk about franchise home run leaders and the all-important peanut butter and jelly sandwich (see this Baxter Holmes ESPN article on the NBA’s love of the sandwich from 2017).

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Kiké Hernández and Edwin Díaz will be back with the Dodgers this week after missing long stints on the injured list. Blake Snell will likely join them in Los Angeles within a week or two.

Plus, recapping the Dodgers finishing up a 6-3 road trip that included series wins over the Yankees, Phillies, and Mets, and getting the deadline season started by trading for reliever Seth Halvorsen.

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Looking back at the Dodgers MLB Drafts, and looking ahead to the Major League Baseball trade deadline, which this year is Monday, August 3.

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Shohei Ohtani’s left knee injury will keep him off the mound for longer than expected. The Dodgers star remains in the starting lineup as the DH, but has had pitching starts scratched on July 10 and July 22 while he deals with the lingering knee problem.

Ohtani last pitched on July 3.

Plus, notes this week from the All-Star Game, Justin Wrobleski, old friends Cody Bellinger and Miguel Vargas, plus Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated at Yankee Stadium, and weekend series recap about the Dodgers’ first of two straight weekends in New York.

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Five Dodgers were named to the National League All-Star team: Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Andy Pages, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the midsummer classic on July 14.

Ohtani, Freeman, Muncy, and Pages are in the starting lineup, matching the Dodgers team record for most All-Star starters set in 1974 and 1980.

Plus more on Mookie Betts recent hot streaks and milestones, and Justin Wrobleski’s excellent campaign.

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The Dodgers in June and into July have distanced themselves from the pack in the National League West.

A look at their recent hot stretch, the returns of Teoscar Hernández and Evan Phillips, and the Dodgers this week matching their total games played as Los Angeles and Brooklyn.

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Shohei Ohtani already has more home runs in any three-year period in Dodgers history, and there is still half of 2026 yet to be played. The Dodgers star on Monday in Minnesota hit his 17th home run of this season, giving him 126 home runs since the start of 2024. That’s one more than Duke Snider’s previous franchise record of 125 home runs, hit in overlapping three-year periods from 1954-56 and 1955-57.

Ohtani is also having another stellar June, a month in his career during which he has a slugging percentage above .700.

Plus, more on Freddie Freeman’s 2,500th career hit and Dodgers history, team defensive improvements this season, interleague play, and Mexican food.

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More Dodgers injuries came this week, when Kyle Tucker left Monday’s game with back spasms and won’t return until this weekend at the earliest. Dalton Rushing took a foul tip off the mask and missed nearly two games before returning Wednesday.

Catcher Will Smith didn’t travel with the team on its 9-game road trip, which means July 2 is his earliest possible date back. On a more positive note, outfielder Teoscar Hernández is rehabbing this week with Triple-A Oklahoma City, and reliever Evan Phillips is getting closer to returning from Tommy John surgery last June.

Plus notes on Emmet Sheehan, Brock Stewart, Landon Knack, and an upcoming Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Walker Bueherl pitching matchup this weekend in San Diego. 

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Shohei Ohtani is dealing with inflammation in his left knee that isn’t going away, but he’s still found a way to be productive, including hitting a game-winning home run on Tuesday.

Ohtani on Wednesday gave up a four-run inning, just the second multi-run frame against him all season. But he still completed six innings in the win, something he’s done in 11 of his 12 starts. The blister on his right hand has bugged him for a few starts and busted open during Wednesday’s game.

Plus, Justin Wrobleski stayed hot and worked quick to beat the Rays in under two hours, on four days of rest. Will Smith won’t be ready to return this Friday, as he still works through his neck inflammation. Teoscar Hernández might be ready for a rehab assignment next week. Brock Stewart is getting closer to a return as well, likely throwing on back-to-back days in the minors this week.

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A closer look at Max Muncy’s 2026 season, during which he has been arguably the best third baseman in the National League, and in line for a potential third All-Star Game appearance.

Muncy leads all NL third basemen in home runs (16), runs scored (46), on-base percentage (.371), slugging percentage (.532), OPS (.903), wRC+ (151), Outs Above Average (+5), and FanGraphs WAR (2.9). His 225 home runs with the Dodgers are just three shy of fifth-most in franchise history.

Plus, Shohei Ohtani’s Cy Young Award chances against Jacob Misiorowski, Cristopher Sánchez, and others, and a look at the Dodgers schedule facing four American League teams in a row.

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