{"id":13608,"date":"2025-03-09T19:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T02:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/?p=13608"},"modified":"2025-03-09T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T02:33:45","slug":"joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Spring Outing against Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Outing against Dodgers<\/h2>\n<p>GLENDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 9) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/02\/athletics-report-jp-sears-windup-breaking-pitches-20250302\/\">Athletics<\/a> right-hander <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/estesjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\">Joey Estes<\/a><\/strong>, in his third Cactus League start of 2025, had an effective outing against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2024\/11\/26\/blake-snell-joins-dodgers-with-five-year-deal\/\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in front of 12,298 fans at Camelback Ranch. Estes, facing their major-league A squad, allowed two runs (both bequeathed to the next pitcher) on three hits across 3 2\/3 innings. He struck out two and walked one, throwing 39 of his 58 pitches for strikes in the split-squad Athletics\u2019 7\u20135 win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFelt great to be out there and compete against a good team,\u201d Estes said afterwards. \u201cAll these teams are good, but it really felt good to test myself. It was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Tried to Keep Getting Ahead of Guys<\/h4>\n<p>Estes allowed two singles in the first inning, the second with two outs. He got out of it unscathed by inducing a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/confomi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Conforto<\/a><\/strong> fly ball to the left fielder. \u201cGuys are gonna get on,\u201d he explained, stating that he got out of it by doing what he always does. \u201cTry to get strike one, try to (avoid) thinking of how they got on, or anything. Tried to get myself out of the situation and keep getting ahead of guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Estes used a mix of mostly fastballs and sliders (45% fastballs, 33% sliders) to attack the Dodgers lineup, one that included <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mookie Betts<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tommy Edman<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemfr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Freddie Freeman<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teoscar Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>, and Conforto. \u201cI was trying to pound the strike zone and get ahead of hitters. It&#8217;s a good lineup that they have, so the more that I&#8217;m ahead of these hitters, the better position that I get in. Kind of got behind in that one count in the fourth inning and got myself in a jam. It\u2019s just one of those things. If I get behind hitters, it&#8217;s not a great thing, so I try to get ahead of them as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Game Summary<\/h4>\n<p>He was referring to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernaen02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Enrique Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>, whom he faced in the bottom of the fourth with two outs and the bases empty. Hernandez crushed a 2\u20130 fastball over the heart of the plate to left-center for a double. Estes\u2019 next pitch hit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barneau01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Barnes<\/a><\/strong>, putting two on for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/outmaja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Outman<\/a><\/strong>. New pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=leal--000dav&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Leal<\/a><\/strong> promptly gave up a three-run homer, cutting the Athletics\u2019 lead to 4\u20133. The Athletics extended their lead to 6\u20133 in the fifth on a two-run <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uriaslu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luis Urias<\/a><\/strong> homer off <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallegi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Giovanny Gallegos<\/a><\/strong>. It became a 7\u20133 game on a seventh-inning RBI single by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/soderty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyler Soderstrom<\/a><\/strong>. The Dodgers narrowed the gap to 7\u20135 in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run single by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=kim---016hye&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hyeseong Kim<\/a><\/strong> but could get no closer.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>The Athletics will return to full-squad play Monday when they host the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/category\/white-sox\/\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa. White Sox left-hander <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perezma02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin Perez<\/a><\/strong> will face Athletics right-hander <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/severlu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luis Severino<\/a><\/strong>. First pitch will be at 1:05 pm Arizona time.<\/p>\n<h4>Main Photo:<\/h4>\n<p><em>GLENDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 9) \u2014 Athletics pitcher Joey Estes warms up prior to the bottom of the fourth inning of his team&#8217;s Cactus League contest against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch. The Athletics defeated the Dodgers, 7\u20135. (Evan Thompson\/Sport Relay)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Outing against Dodgers GLENDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 9) \u2014 Athletics right-hander Joey Estes, in his third Cactus League start of 2025, had an effective outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers in front of 12,298 fans at Camelback Ranch. Estes, facing their major-league A squad, allowed two runs (both bequeathed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,26],"tags":[1879,1884,1886,1885,448,1492],"class_list":["post-13608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-athletics","tag-2025-athletics-season","tag-2025-cactus-league","tag-2025-los-angeles-dodgers-season","tag-2025-spring-training","tag-cactus-league","tag-joey-estes","pmpro-has-access","eq-blocks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Athletics Report: Joey Estes Effective against Dodgers - Sport Relay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Athletics right-hander Joey Estes felt good about his effective spring outing against a loaded Dodgers lineup Sunday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Effective against Dodgers - Sport Relay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Athletics right-hander Joey Estes felt good about his effective spring outing against a loaded Dodgers lineup Sunday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Major League Baseball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100088190202878\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thompsontalks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-10T02:33:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-1024x771.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"771\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@evan_m_thompson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SportRelay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/person\/176e41d7fa14354827c1f8f9b78d6057\"},\"headline\":\"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Spring Outing against Dodgers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-10T02:33:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2025 Athletics Season\",\"2025 Cactus League\",\"2025 Los Angeles Dodgers Season\",\"2025 Spring Training\",\"Cactus League\",\"Joey Estes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Los Angeles Dodgers\",\"Oakland Athletics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\",\"name\":\"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Effective against Dodgers - Sport Relay\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-10T02:33:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Athletics right-hander Joey Estes felt good about his effective spring outing against a loaded Dodgers lineup Sunday.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1928,\"caption\":\"GLENDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 9) \u2014 Athletics pitcher Joey Estes warms up prior to the bottom of the fourth inning of his team's Cactus League contest against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch. (Evan Thompson\/Sport Relay)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"MLB\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Spring Outing against Dodgers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/\",\"name\":\"Major League Baseball - Sport Relay\",\"description\":\"Honest \u2022 Unbiased \u2022 Apolitical\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"SportRelay MLB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sport Relay - Your Connection to the Game!\",\"alternateName\":\"SportRelay.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/sr.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/sr.png\",\"width\":155,\"height\":155,\"caption\":\"Sport Relay - Your Connection to the Game!\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100088190202878\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/SportRelay\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sportrelay\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/person\/176e41d7fa14354827c1f8f9b78d6057\",\"name\":\"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/cropped-Evan-on-field-120x120.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/cropped-Evan-on-field-120x120.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief\"},\"description\":\"Evan is the owner and sole contributor of Thompson Talks, a website discussing the Big Four North American Pro Sports as well as soccer. He covered the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2019 to 2023, the Colorado Rockies in 2024, and has covered the Athletics since Spring Training 2025. He also is our National Writer. His first and biggest love is baseball. Evan lives in Gilbert, Arizona and loves history, especially of sports. He is a member of the Hemond Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He released his first book, Volume I of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, in October of 2021. His second book, Volume II of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs (1977\u20131984) came out September 2024. Order Evan's books here. Follow Evan on Twitter: @evan_m_thompson Support Evan on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=81411994\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thompsontalks\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/evan_m_thompson\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@evanthompson8435\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/author\/evan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Effective against Dodgers - Sport Relay","description":"Athletics right-hander Joey Estes felt good about his effective spring outing against a loaded Dodgers lineup Sunday.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Effective against Dodgers - Sport Relay","og_description":"Athletics right-hander Joey Estes felt good about his effective spring outing against a loaded Dodgers lineup Sunday.","og_url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/","og_site_name":"Major League Baseball","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100088190202878","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thompsontalks\/","article_published_time":"2025-03-10T02:33:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":771,"url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-1024x771.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@evan_m_thompson","twitter_site":"@SportRelay","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/"},"author":{"name":"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/person\/176e41d7fa14354827c1f8f9b78d6057"},"headline":"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Spring Outing against Dodgers","datePublished":"2025-03-10T02:33:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/"},"wordCount":525,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg","keywords":["2025 Athletics Season","2025 Cactus League","2025 Los Angeles Dodgers Season","2025 Spring Training","Cactus League","Joey Estes"],"articleSection":["Los Angeles Dodgers","Oakland Athletics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/","url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/","name":"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Effective against Dodgers - Sport Relay","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-10T02:33:45+00:00","description":"Athletics right-hander Joey Estes felt good about his effective spring outing against a loaded Dodgers lineup Sunday.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/20250309-Joey-Estes-Athletics-Dodgers-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1928,"caption":"GLENDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 9) \u2014 Athletics pitcher Joey Estes warms up prior to the bottom of the fourth inning of his team's Cactus League contest against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch. (Evan Thompson\/Sport Relay)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2025\/03\/09\/joey-estes-athletics-dodgers-20250309\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"MLB","item":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Athletics Report: Joey Estes Has Effective Spring Outing against Dodgers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/","name":"Major League Baseball - Sport Relay","description":"Honest \u2022 Unbiased \u2022 Apolitical","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#organization"},"alternateName":"SportRelay MLB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#organization","name":"Sport Relay - Your Connection to the Game!","alternateName":"SportRelay.com","url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/sr.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/sr.png","width":155,"height":155,"caption":"Sport Relay - Your Connection to the Game!"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100088190202878","https:\/\/x.com\/SportRelay","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sportrelay"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/person\/176e41d7fa14354827c1f8f9b78d6057","name":"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/cropped-Evan-on-field-120x120.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/cropped-Evan-on-field-120x120.jpg","caption":"Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief"},"description":"Evan is the owner and sole contributor of Thompson Talks, a website discussing the Big Four North American Pro Sports as well as soccer. He covered the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2019 to 2023, the Colorado Rockies in 2024, and has covered the Athletics since Spring Training 2025. He also is our National Writer. His first and biggest love is baseball. Evan lives in Gilbert, Arizona and loves history, especially of sports. He is a member of the Hemond Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He released his first book, Volume I of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, in October of 2021. His second book, Volume II of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs (1977\u20131984) came out September 2024. Order Evan's books here. Follow Evan on Twitter: @evan_m_thompson Support Evan on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=81411994","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thompsontalks\/","https:\/\/x.com\/evan_m_thompson","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@evanthompson8435"],"url":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/author\/evan\/"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13612,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608\/revisions\/13612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}