With just 15 days left until the Dodgers begin cactus league play, Shohei Ohtani has already started training at Camelback Ranch for his third season in Dodger blue and a shot at defending his country’s title in the World Baseball Classic.

The 2026 season will ultimately define Ohtani’s legacy within the annals of baseball’s best, as he looks to secure his third consecutive NL MVP award (fourth consecutive since 2023) and help the Dodgers become the first three-peat champions in North American sports in 24 years.

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The Dodgers’ expectation after addressing their weakest links with more superstar talent is to maintain their footing at the top of the baseball summit, but for Ohtani, it isn’t something that he has put much thought into, as he spoke with Tom Llamas of NBC.

“I don’t think about it too much,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton. “I do hope that when I retire and I look back, I can be able to say that I was on a team that won three championships in a row. That would be very cool.”

Ohtani also discussed with Llamas the inspiration for his new book “Decoy Saves Opening Day,” which hit the shelves on Tuesday.

“I think the initial idea was basically I had my daughter coming soon. Timing wise, I thought it was a nice time to be able to read her a book about my story as well as our dog Decoy’s story.”

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At the beginning of the 2024 season, Bobby Miller was sitting at the top of the rotation and began his season with a scoreless six inning gem against the St. Louis Cardinals. Since then, Miller has struggled in the big leagues when getting his opportunities, and was relegated to the bullpen with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets last year.

The hype surrounding the former first round pick has certainly died out, but Comets pitching coach David Anderson believes that there is still some untapped potential within Miller, notes Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.

“We feel like we have all the ingredients we need to put it together and get back to 2023 Bobby,” Anderson said. “We just didn’t get the result yet. All the pieces weren’t quite put together, but they were there by the end of the year. So we feel really good about that.”

The Dodgers enter the 2026 season with four prospects within Baseball America’s top-100 list as they continue to sport one of the best farm systems. There is still no telling as to whether or not they’ll pan out in the big leagues, as was the case for former top prospects such as Diego Cartaya. Huston Mitchell of the Los Angeles Times breaks down the Dodgers’ top-10 prospects since 2015, and evaluates whether or not the notion of the Dodgers always having big-league ready hitting prospects rings true.