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Has Dodgers catcher Will Smith already started recruiting Tigers ace Tarik Skubal? He said the Dodgers want "all the best names."

One night after the Los Angeles Dodgers had a strong pitching performance and no offense, the opposite was the case as the bats showed up but the pitching struggled in an 8-7 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

He’s giving 100 percent every time he goes out there' Smith said of a player who hates hitting in Los Angeles.

Entering the All-Star break, Will Smith is a distant leader in the NL batting race, sporting a .323 mark that outpaces the next closest qualified hitter by a whopping 26 points.

Smith is having a career year at the plate – no one in baseball has been better with runners in scoring position – while the Dodgers limit his starts to avoid another second-half decline.

Smith has been pegged as the Dodgers’ franchise catcher ever since. The club made that permanent Wednesday, inking the 28-year-old Smith to the longest contract ever given to a catcher.

Smith’s importance to the offense has raised legitimate concerns about his workload, specifically about how much the Dodgers should rest him. Smith caught 108 games last year, 115 the year ...

Two days after he returned from the World Championship with a gold medal around his neck as part of the first Team USA squad to win the worlds in 92 years, Will Smith knocked in a hole-in-one. No. 4 at the Sacconnesset Golf Club in Cape Cod,