Sebastian Abdón Ibarra

Sebastian Ibarra covers the Las Vegas Raiders as a staff writer for Raiders Newswire. He previously worked as a Marketing/Communications intern for the Ontario Jr Reign, and a staff writer and two time Editor for the Campus Times at the University of La Verne. Sebastian graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2022 from ULV with a major in Communications. His love of sports stems from his baseball career starting at tee-ball and ending his senior year at Servite High School. He enjoys video games and DC comics in his spare time. Follow him on Twitter: @sebas_abdon.
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Dave Roberts: Teoscar Hernández ‘Checked Every Single Box’ For Dodgers

After prolonged negotiations, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Teoscar Hernández agreed to a three-year, $66 million contract. The outcome had long been expected but given reports of an impasse at one point, some doubt began to set in. Hernández was…

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Anthony Rizzo: Dodgers Are ‘Factory Of Success’

As the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to establish utter dominance over MLB in the coming years, it is worth remembering their success in the 2010s and so far in the 2020s has not always been the case. The Dodgers'…

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Gavin Lux: Dodgers Wanted To Put 2020 World Series Narrative To Rest

As Gavin Lux leaves the Los Angeles Dodgers after being traded to the Cincinnati Reds, he departs with two World Series championships in five seasons with the organization. Lux was one of the Dodgers' players most impacted by the funkiness…

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MLB Top-10 Catchers Right Now: Will Smith Ranked By The Shredder For 2025

Will Smith has become a regular on The Shredder rankings of the Top-10 Catchers Right now, and as the Los Angeles Dodgers backstop heads into the 2025 season, he's been ranked in the top three for a fifth consecutive year.…

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Dodgers News: Chris Taylor’s Foundation Supporting Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation

It has been a devastating week for thousands of Southern California citizens as wildfires continue to plague the landscape, which has spurred Chris Taylor and his wife Mary into action. With how much the Los Angeles Dodgers mean to the…

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Dave Roberts Confident In Mookie Betts Playing Shortstop After Full Offseason Of Preparing

Mookie Betts will be the starting shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers for a second straight season, but this time both he and the team know that heading into Spring Training. It is far from the ideal scenario but it…

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Dave Roberts ‘Very Surprised’ Shohei Ohtani’s Record Contract Already Broken

There were a special set of circumstances that led to the Los Angeles Dodgers giving Shohei Ohtani the largest contract in MLB history during the 2023 offseason. First, there has never been a free agent with Ohtani's ability as a…

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Andrew Friedman: Dodgers ‘Going To Do Whatever We Can’ To Sign Roki Sasaki

With a looming deadline to sign that's just over two weeks away, the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are expected to soon pick up and the Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping they will be the team he chooses at what's sure to…

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This Day In Dodgers History: Eddie Murray Voted Into Hall Of Fame

On Jan. 7, 2003, former Los Angeles Dodgers' first baseman Eddie Murray was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. Murray is one of only seven players in MLB history to be…

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Farhan Zaidi: Building Giants To Compete With Dodgers Presented Challenges

Farhan Zaidi had an enormous challenge in front of him when he became the San Francisco Giants' president of baseball operations in 2018. Not only was he in charge of turning around an organization that had severely underperformed the past…

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Walker Buehler ‘Learned A Lot’ During Final Season With Dodgers

Before things clicked for Walker Buehler in October, the 2024 season was a real struggle as he was pitching for the first time in almost two whole seasons. Buehler often appeared uncomfortable on the mound due in large part to…

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Walker Buehler Felt Conflicted As ‘Weird Stuff’ Contributed To Save In Game 5 Of World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers were three outs away from a World Series championship and with all other conventional options exhausted they called upon Walker Buehler to close out the ninth inning. Buehler went on to retire the side in order…

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