LOS ANGELES DODGERS
2025 finish: 93-69 (1st in NL West, won World Series)
Manager: Dave Roberts (944-575, 11th season)
Leading the front office: Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations (12th season)
DOLLARS AND SENSE
Largest luxury tax hit: OF Kyle Tucker ($57.2 million)
Top returning players: DH Shohei Ohtani (7.5 fWAR), C Will Smith (4.1), OF Andy Pages (4.1)
Top returning starting pitchers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5.0), RHP Emmet Sheehan (2.1), Ohtani (1.9)
Top returning relievers: LHP Jack Dreyer (1.7), LHP Justin Wrobleski (1.5), RHP Ben Casparius (1.3)
ROSTER WATCH
Key additions: OF Kyle Tucker (free agent), RHP Edwin Díaz (free agent), INF Santiago Espinal (minors), 1B Keston Hiura (minors), OF Jack Suwinski (waivers), LHP Cole Irvin (minors), RHP Ryder Ryan (minors), RHP Yency Almonte (minors), RHP Keynan Middleton (minors), RHP Jordan Weems (minors)
Key losses: RHP Michael Kopech (free agent), RHP Kirby Yates (free agent), RHP Tony Gonsolin (free agent), C Austin Barnes (free agent), OF Michael Conforto (free agent), LHP Anthony Banda (trade), LHP Andrew Heaney (free agent), OF Esteury Ruiz (trade)
Baseball America top-100 prospect(s): OF Eduardo Quintero (20), OF Josue De Paula (24), OF Mike Sirota (45), OF Zyhir Hope (63)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kyle Tucker (23) and Andy Pages (44) both celebrate scoring in the second inning during spring training baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
KEEP AN EYE ON
No team has won three World Series in a row since the Yankees beat the Padres (1998), Braves (1999) and Mets (2000) in three straight years, but that’s precisely what the Dodgers are loading up for after winning a second straight title last year. Their .574 winning percentage was their worst since 2018 (.564) so it only made sense to add OF Kyle Tucker to a four-year, $240 million deal this offseason. That makes him worth more as far as annual average value that RHP/DH Shohei Ohtani ($46.1 million due to the deferrals in his $700 million deal)
LHP Blake Snell (2.35 ERA) made just 11 starts in the regular season in his first injury-plagued year in Los Angeles and he’s being slow played this spring, making him a long shot to be ready for opening day. That’s OK, because even with LHP Clayton Kershaw retiring, the Dodgers have plenty of starting pitchers to lean on, especially with Ohtani a year further away from Tommy John surgery and ready to take on a bigger share of the workload.
The Dodgers’ nucleus is getting older, which likely played a factor to going over the top to bring in the 29-year-old Tucker. 1B Freddie Freeman is 36, 3B Max Muncy is 35, SS Mookie Betts and OF Teoscar Hernandez are 33 and even Ohtani will turn 32 this year.
Fangraphs projection: 99.5 wins