The Dodgers have won back-to-back World Series. They aren't losing any major contributors to free agency, so they'll go into the winter with a really strong roster and the ability to bolster it further.
Guaranteed Contracts
- Shohei Ohtani, RHP/DH: $560MM through 2033 ($68MM of salary deferred annually)
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, RHP: $260MM through 2035 (deal includes multiple opt-out chances, beginning after 2029 or any season in which he is traded)
- Mookie Betts, SS: $235MM through 2032 (includes $40MM of signing bonus still to be paid out; $10MM of salary deferred annually in 2026-27, $11MM annually 2028-32)
- Blake Snell, LHP: $104MM through 2029 ($13.2MM of salary deferred annually; deal includes conditional club option for 2030)
- Will Smith, C: $83.45MM through 2033 ($5MM of salary is deferred annually)
- Tyler Glasnow, RHP: $81.5625MM through 2028 (2028 is either $21.5625MM player option or $30MM club option)
- Tanner Scott, LHP: $56MM through 2028 (includes $15MM of signing bonus still to be paid out; $5.25MM of salary deferred annually; deal includes 2029 conditional option)
- Freddie Freeman, 1B: $54MM through 2027 ($12MM of salary deferred annually)
- Tommy Edman, IF/OF: $52MM through 2029 (includes $3MM buyout on $13MM club option for 2030; $6.25MM of salary deferred annually)
- Teoscar Hernández, OF: $33MM through 2027 (includes $6.5MM buyout on $15MM club option; deal also includes conditional 2029 option; $8MM of salary deferred annually)
- Blake Treinen, RHP: $13.5MM through 2026 (includes $2.5MM of signing bonus still to be paid out)
- Hyeseong Kim, IF/OF: $9MM through 2027 (including $1.5MM buyout of $10MM two-year club option for 2028-29)
Other Financial Commitments
- Owe $4MM buyout to released IF/OF Chris Taylor
Option Decisions
- Team has $10MM club option on 3B Max Muncy with no buyout
- Team has $3.65MM club option on LHP Alex Vesia with $50K buyout (Vesia would remain controllable via arbitration even if option is declined)
2026 guarantees (assuming both options are picked up): $283.15MM ($127.7MM deferred)
Total future commitments: $1.559 billion ($792.55MM deferred)
Arbitration-Eligible Players (service time in parentheses; projected salaries courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz)
- Brusdar Graterol (5.167): $2.8MM
- Tony Gonsolin (5.152): $5.4MM
- Evan Phillips (5.136): $6.1MM
- Alex Vesia (5.078): $4.1MM (Dodgers hold a $3.65MM club option with a $50K buyout)
- Anthony Banda (4.135): $1.7MM
- Brock Stewart (4.093): $1.4MM
- Ben Rortvedt (3.135): $1.3MM
- Michael Grove (3.031): $800K
- Alex Call (2.161): $1.5MM
Non-tender candidates: Graterol, Gonsolin, Phillips, Banda, Stewart, Rortvedt, Grove
Free Agents
- Clayton Kershaw (retiring), Michael Conforto, Kirby Yates, Enrique Hernández, Miguel Rojas, Michael Kopech
The Dodgers have a strong willingness to bet on talent and not worry so much about injury concerns. That is partly due to their almost unlimited budget, which allows them to take risks other clubs may not be able to afford. It's also because the lineup is so good that they are almost guaranteed to make the playoffs each year, which gives them the wiggle room to let their players get healthy as opposed to rushing them back during the regular season.
This has led to some inconsistency in how things end up when October rolls around. In 2023, they were so banged up that they were swept out of the ALDS by the Diamondbacks. In 2024, the Dodgers had just enough of a rotation to win the title. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jack Flaherty and Walker Buehler were the three traditional starters as the club relied heavily on the bullpen. In 2025, that flipped. The bullpen had been stripped down by injuries but the rotation had Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Shohei Ohtani all healthy. Manager Dave Roberts tried to avoid his traditional relievers as much as possible. He often allowed his starters to pitch deep into games. In Game Seven of the World Series, he used all four of Ohtani, Glasnow, Snell and Yamamoto.
Going into 2026, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Dodgers target more pitching, but the rotation is actually in good shape. The four starters they were using in this year's playoffs are all healthy and under contract. Roki Sasaki wound up in the bullpen due to some shoulder trouble but he could be stretched back out next year. Guys like Emmet Sheehan, Jack Dreyer, Ben Casparius, Landon Knack, Bobby Miller and Justin Wrobleski worked both as starters and relievers in 2025 and could be in the mix for starts again next year. Each of Kyle Hurt, River Ryan and Gavin Stone spent 2025 recovering from surgery but should be factors next year. Top prospect Jackson Ferris now has 33 Double-A games under his belt and should be in Triple-A next year.
Nick Frasso finished 2025 hurt and his current status isn't clear. Tony Gonsolin will likely be non-tendered since he underwent internal brace surgery and will miss at least the first half of 2026, though the Dodgers could afford to pay him and hope for a late-season return if they wanted to. Michael Grove missed all of 2025 due to shoulder surgery and could also be non-tendered, though he can still be controlled for three more seasons.
However it plays out, it's an impressive collection of talent, even with Clayton Kershaw retiring. The club has been very active in adding pitching in recent offseasons. After their aforementioned rough ending in 2023, they added Ohtani. However, he wasn't an immediate upgrade to the staff since he was recovering from surgery at the time, so they also added Glasnow and Yamamoto. Coming into this year, they signed Snell.
With the depth suddenly looking overwhelming, the Dodgers may not be as aggressive on the free agent starting pitching market. In fact, there are so many names on the chart that they could probably trade some away, though they could also opt to hold and just have lots of depth on hand for the inevitable injuries that will arise.
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I fart in their general direction.
Me too. If enough of us do, maybe they will stink?
They’ll still smell like world champions.
They’ll only buy your fart.
Keep the fart. They can afford febreze and fans.
::::Leslie Nielsen has entered the chat:::;
Surely you jest.
All the teams seek the Grail but that rabbit’s dynamite.
LA might miss the playoffs next season. Every contender is going to put their 2026 roster together with beating LA in mind.
Teams will go cheap knowing a lockout will follow the season
This. Expecting to see Toronto again in the WS. Lone exception will likely be the Mets or possibly Atlanta. Both teams have a lot to address tho.
Too early into the off-season to say, but the Dodgers are still likely to make the playoffs.
I don’t see how they don’t. Unless everyone gets injured, the likelyhood of them making the playoffs are near 100%.
Playoff baseball is what matters. Not sure what team you’re trying to improve.
If that’s the case all they have to do is be like the 2025 Angels who swept them twice this year. Probably a bad plan.
Those two sentences almost fit together.
I don’t think the Dodgers will ever miss the playoffs with Walters owning the team and Kasten and Friedman running the team.
They are making it. Ohtani is almost better the Babe Ruth if not near as good, a team like that you gotta appreciate the guys.
mikeywinner1: Huh? “Almost better than Babe Ruth” and “not near as good” are completely different and diametrically opposed.
He can’t be both better and not as good.
If you read my post it says he is near as good as Babe or going to be a little better
mikeywinner1: I did read your post, which is why I replied. You said “Almost better than Babe Ruth if not near as good.”
Your exact words in contradiction.
The meaning of his coment is Ohtani is almost better than Babe ruth. If not, he’s near as good.
They already do that to try and unseat the champs.
Crazy comment of the day.
Yucki is always wrong.
I love it. Which NL West team is going to knock them out?
Padres vs Giants vs Diamondbacks vs Rockies. Super scary. Yep.
Two teams that don’t miss the playoffs every year are Dodgers and Yankees . League is broken and money buys great players and wins .
Old Guy,
What about the Braves and Astros? Brewers 7? Padres 7? They’ve been in the playoffs a ton in the last ten years.
26/30 MLB teams have made playoffs at least once in the last 5-6 years
Terrible, right?
old guy…..teams need the fan support to fill the stadiums, and buy the merchandise. Teams need to build their franchises by drafting well, and developing players, instead of selling off at trade deadline.
From what I understand….some of the bottom dwelling major league teams have facilities that rival triple A teams….
If you invest poorly, or not at all, the return will also be bad.
Need to focus on owners…not two teams
Outfield and bullpen are key needs but I agree they seem unlikely to spend big on pen given how little they got from Yates, Scott and Treinen and how seldom they had spent big in the past on bullpen.
Agreed. Maybe they lower the payroll down a tier?? Team is already pretty solid. Can probably find a taker for Scott hell send him back to Miami??
They can lower costs by trading for Skenes. He’s controllable for quite a while.
Yep. They have so much pitching lined up for next year, I believe they have to trade one or more of their starters. Any of Ryan, Stone, Grove, Hurt, Knack or Gonsolin should be flipped. The real need is in RF. Teo Hernandez really belongs in LF. The infield is close to set as I expect them to exercise their option on Muncy, and/or extend him again. With so many relief arms coming back (maybe) I don’t see them doing a lot of bullpen hunting.
Wouldn’t mind giving the Pirates a couple off those arms for Skenes.
Can you imagine the howling that would go up if the Dodgers traded out of prospect capital to get Skenes? FWIW, I doubt it happens. He is pre-arb so the Pirates would likely be raising their payroll if they took on any of these advanced prospects from the Dodgers.
But they can also flip some of them to create more prospects and lower the cash outlay.
Sure. But I suspect they’d be more motivated to trade Skenes when he hits arbitration in two years.
I know. But it’s fun to think about while lightly trolling the doomsayers from a different angle which doesn’t involve spending big money on a player.
He was granted a full year of service for his ROY, so I think after next season he begins arbitration starting 2027.
Yes, baseball-reference has his first arbitration year as 2027. So, two years from now.
one baseball season, two calendar years.
A distinction without a difference.
He don’t has 2 years of min wage left
Someone will get flipped at the trade deadline (Casparius-what happened there?, Grove and Hurt) but really like Ryan, Knack and Stone. Feel like Miller has the physical tools but needs to simplify into a 2-3 pitch bully guy to decompress from starting pressure. At this point, Gonsolin’s been mostly inactive for the better part of two seasons so it’s better to see what he’s capable in spring training vs trading him or an outright release at this point. Would like Graterol (and Phillips too!) back but he’s been really difficult to keep healthy for significant stretches.
Gonsolin probably won’t make spring training but he could be available at some point in the first half of the season.
Gonsolin gonzo. Goodbye, Cat Man.
Grove too.
Idle predictions:
After game 7, it would be difficult to not bring back Rojas for a farewell tour. Might not be the best thing for the organization, especially if Kike’ is also re-signed, but often success brings indulgences, for better or for worse.
Rushing will get another season and will take 1/3 of the starts to keep Smith fresh for the playoffs. Plenty of time for him to develop.
Unless his ankle problems are permanent, Edman will be back in CF. Teoscar can move back to LF, where he was almost adequate in 2024.
Dodgers will offer Tucker a very high-AAV 3 year contract. Probably not good enough.
Wild card? Moving Muncy to 2B for Murakami. 2B was Muncy’s best position when he came to the organization, granted that was 8 seasons ago.
YMMV
Muncy was able to play 2B in the days of the shift. Those days are gone.
highflyballintorightfield: YMMV? Try to be even more cryptic next time.
Your mileage may vary.
Yeah, everyone knows that the Dodgers are going to most likely get the new Japanese pitcher
They’ll decline Muncy’s option. Hot take….
They need to decline Muncy’s option because he’s nothing but a K machine during his many slumps.
And yet he comes through clutch in the postseason with hitting and defense.
Which is really what matters. Why do you think Kike is on the team? For his regular season stats?
Personally I don’t care if they win 80 or 130 games. Postseason is the reason. And they keep postseason players.
Yeah right. 3.6 WAR for $10 million. Who would want that? I mean, you can trade for Nolan Arenado and get 1.3 WAR for $22 million. Those are the kinds of moves Andrew “The Big Dummy” Friedman is famous for making. Maybe someday he’ll win a championship outside of fraudulent covid shortened season.
Bad take.
Oopsiedoodles…
As cut throat as it is they need to get younger and integrate Kim and Freeland. Rojas or Hernandez should probably not come back
Rojas and Hernandez should absolutely both be back. Theres no parade in LA if not for those two.
Rojas should retire. He’s used up all his luck.
His glove is about to turn into pumpkin.
Great analysis. You should charge more.
Utility guys Edman and especially MiggyRo + Kiké aren’t exactly spring chickens. At some point, they become Chris Taylor but that day was not in 2025. Sign both MiggyRo and Kiké to 2-year contracts. They’re not getting more elsewhere.
Miggy wants to retire after 2026. He is eyeing managing a team at some point in the future, so he’ll likely start that process in the Dodgers farm system in 2027.
Nor would they get more than a year elsewhere. But didn’t Rojas say he was retiring after the season?
He said he didn’t need to play another game.
He didn’t say he didn’t want to play another game.
Yes he said he is retiring as a player after next season.
Sign Tucker and sign two bullpen arms while hoping the arms they have have a bounce back season. I don’t think they’ll go big in the off season since they already have two WS titles.
Signing Tucker would be huge…
Since they already have two titles? Say what you want about financially greedy owners.
But the Dodgers ownership group has already stated they are all in on winning a title every single year during this window that started with signing Mookie. That’s the type of greed I want from the owners of my favorite team.
They’ll need to find a hungry good outfielder, and some bullpen arms too ensure they have quality depth to start the season.
I’m curious to see what they do with the Ben Rortvedt/Dalton Rushing situation. The pitchers excelled when Ben caught them, and Dalton obviously has offensive talent. It’ll be interesting.
my thought is they leave rushing in AAA to start the season as catching depth and use rordtvedt. As for offensive signings, they have space for basically 2 bats on the major league roster. if they resign both Rojas and Kiki thats it, other wise its one of them and a RF so they can move teo back to left.
I know they were considering expanding Rushing to non catching positions for added versatility. They seem to really believe in his bat moving forward. So you might be correct with him working on that in AAA.
This article should have been two sentences long. “Spend a billion dollars. Defer all of it”
aww, someone is still a bit salty.
I’ve been against it for years, sorry. I don’t think deferred contracts belong in sports.
Harper isn’t getting deferred money?
That’s fine, but direct your angst towards MLB.
Phillies don’t defer often but they’ve done so with Realmuto and Gregorious.
No, he’s not. The Phillies have only deferred money on two contracts, as mentioned below, Didi and JT
I’m aware, and I hate the fact they did it.
philliesfan215: And Whit Merrifield.
What is wrong with deferred contracts? All deferred $ has to be funded annually to cover future deferred payment and is accounted for in today’s value against Luxury Tax.
Not understanding how deferrals work or the rules governing them does not make them advantage nor does it make them in any way nefarious.
philliesfan215: If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest guy on earth.
Alfred E Neumann: Are you just posting about how we made mistakes
mikeywinner1: When warranted. By the same token, are you just making mistakes when you post? 🤣
Deferred contracts with no limit .
Sad you don’t understand finances
*fart noise*
Haha
“Buy every available free agent, defer as much money as possible, buy another title.”
There, I fixed it for you.
And why cant your team do that. You just gave them the recipe. Dont say its too much because you van just defer it.
If every team did it the dodgers wouldn’t be so good fyi
@Oppo nacho; if every team did it they would be competitive too, and you and the rest of the sore losers & trolls wouldn’t have anything to cry about! FYI!!
So you admit things aren’t competitive as is, and fans of other teams have an actual reason for being upset… well done
If every team had 350 million dollar TV deals . But half the league lost theirs . League is screwed up . The difference between top to bottom is huge .
That’s The problem the rich teams don’t wanna come down to a competitive level and bottom feeders can’t compete with the rich teams
That world series you just watched wasn’t competitive?
Who is a bigger problem, the Dodgers who spend big to put the best product on the field or the Pirates who dont even pretend to compete?
Last I checked the goal was to win. Don’t be upset because your team didnt do what is necessary to achieve that goal and someone elses team did.
If you owned an entertainment venue and wanted to fill seats you would sign up the best acts, ya know the Ohtanis, Snells, Yamamotos
Alot of peanut butter and jealous two cent commentators these days
Every team shares 48% of their revenue stream, including local TV deals to revenue sharing. meaning about 170M of the Dodgers TV deal goes towards the rest of the league, not into their own pockets. The pirates and Twins making money off the Dodgers when they dont play there is “screwed up”
The Brewers have one of hte lowest payrolls and they had the best record in MLB. They lost Burnes, Adames and Williams in recent years and still are competitive. It’s not all about money. If they’d have played in the postseason the way they played in the regular season, they could have taken out the Dodgers.
There are plenty of wealthy owners who choose not to spend on winning. Maybe they should sell their teams to others who will spend to win,
yes, things aren’t as competitive as they could be, BECAUSE CHEAP TEAMS CHOOSE NOT TO COMPETE. not because the dodger’s are doing anything inherently wrong, but because cheap owners are ok with not winning.
At best, I suspect LAD will offer Tucker an AAV for 4 years in excess of any other team ($200-225m). That won’t be close to the offer Tucker will receive from Giants, Cubs, Mets.
Given the quality arms returning from 2025 (Shohei, Snell, Yoshinobu, Glasnow, Roki, Emmett, Wrobo, Henriquez, Vesia, Dreyer, Casperius, Klein, Miller) and returning from rehab (Brusdar, Ryan, Stone, Hurt, Scott), I’d be surprised if Friedman pursues any pitching (starters or pen) this offseason. Some of these guys could be dealt in a package for an outfielder; but that seems unlikely.
Trades are far more likely this offseason than FA signings.
I’d love for them to give one of their top OF prospects a shot at the job.
As many have pointed out, that line up isn’t getting any younger.
An infusion of youth (and speed, depending on the prospect) would be fantastic.
Me too; but I doubt that’s the plan for 2026–maybe 2027. One or more of those OF’s will emerge though and I suspect one will also be traded—perhaps as soon as this winter. Your point though is also we do need OF improvements in 2026; which is why I think a trade is most likely. Tucker is just going to cost too much in the out years of the deal he will not doubt receive from some team. But, as you imply Klink, 1-2 of those young outfielders are a primary reason why a long term deal with Tucker makes little sense.
yes I agree 100%. Tucker is intriguing but I’d rather allocate that money elsewhere. I know that De Paula is the highest rated out of the bunch, but i think im most bullish on Zyhir Hope. Despite the annoying jokes from all the haters, the Dodgers money is not, in fact, endless. It would be great to have a couple hitters on league minimum contracts.
dodgers already made the 700M from Ohtani.
Not even close to being accurate, but thanks for chiming in.
Yeah they did. There’s an article from sports illustrated that reported on it.
Yep. si.com/mlb/dodgers/onsi/news/dodgers-made-back-sho…
Haha. The unimpeachable online Sports Illustrated that employs JP Hoornstra who with certainty reported Ohtani was flying to Toronto to sign with them.
Josue is my favorite; but, any of the four could turn out to be the keeper. It’s so comforting knowing that the player development side just keeps producing high quality, exciting talent!
wrong- that’s their overall net, not just from Ohtani.
@norcalblue & Klink; I agree with both of you but, I think acquiring one good starting pitcher along with a corner outfielder should be high on the list. Glasnow said his side was hurting after his stint in game 7. He cannot be counted on for a complete season. Snell has his ups & downs health wise. Ohtani is coming off his second TJ and needs to be monitored closely. Stone, Graterol, Ryan, Hurt & Scott, no telling how they will do. Other areas for improvement again are corner outfield, 2nd and 3rd.
There’s always room for improvement.
Right. The Dodgers are running their business better than anyone else, taking full advantage of the opportunities that they see in front of them.
It’s fine, but it does highlight the inequity in MLB when a large market team is run extremely well.
Thank you! Kind iof you.
Due to the almost unlimited budget DOdgers can afford to do what other teams can’t . Sums up the outlook .
Bring back Kopech
Sign Díaz
Sign Tucker
Trade for Skubal
I would say trade some of the offense who strike out well over a 100 times since 5 out of the 9 in the lineup did and would have been six if Muncy didn’t spend any time on the IL, but LA doesn’t need to hit in the World Series to win is what I’ve learned.
Digglin – They won’t trade for Skubal. They’ll wait until he’s a free agent and sign him to a ten-year, 600 mil contract. Maybe they’ll sign Framber this off-season to 6 years and 240 million.
As someone who is always bashing Dave Roberts I need to give credit for the great job he did managing game 7.
Los Angels truly does have a need for another outfielder, I wonder if they make a play for someone like Brandon Lowe. He can play a solid corner OF and also cover 2B.
Alex Bregman also makes some sense for them as a replacement for Muncy that can also pop over to 2B/LF.
I don’t think they get Tucker
Sounds good to me!!
Media won’t tell you this – maybe they don’t know- but teams like the Dodgers, Yankees and Phillies will have to pay $1.60 for every $1.00 a free agent like Tucker demands. Why? Because they are three time violators of the Competitive Balance Tax.and they’ve exceeded it by a lot. So, there’s additional tax penalties. Each of these teams will need to think long and hard about which contracts to add and which ones to dump. Tucker $427M top end predicted contract will cost these teams over $500M+ unless they “reset” the CBT meter by getting below it for one season. Boston, Cubs and Giants were below the CBT for 2025
I think Cohen will get Tucker for missing the playoffs. He’s mad and wants that WS title.
I fear you are right.
Be really hard for the Dodgers to dip under til at least 2028 even if they don’t lock in any long deals between now and then. My guess is that they wouldn’t even try til at least 2029.
If MLB can look the other way on the Ohtani thing, they can work the books to help their beloved Dodgers along. Neither MLB nor television wants a Tigers-Rockies World Series.
The media already told me what you said the media won’t tell me
Shhh. It’s supposed to be a secret!
Cube delivering the trophy in his Impala at the Stadium celebration was boss….
Another good reason why Friedman passes on Tucker. good point statyllus
wonder who their Japanese farm system will produce this year ?
Looking forward to finding out. If they aren’t a good fit we’ll let them sign elsewhere. So generous, right?
Maybe another Will Smith, Clayton Kershaw, Ben Casparius, Henriquez, Knack, Miller, Sheehan, Stewart, Wrobleski, Rushing, Freeland, Pages, or Ruiz. All guys they drafted or signed from international FA.
Maybe they find another guy that another team gave up on and no one wanted like Kike, Muncy, Taylor, Dean, or one of their many relievers.
Maybe they give away another top prospect or 3 in a trade or so for another player a year away from free agency, or let them walk like they have with Pepiot, Seager, Pederson, Cartaya, Oniel Cruz, Yordan Alvarez, Eovaldi, Gordon, Buehler, Verdugo, Zach Lee, Belli, May, Lux, Urias (lost another way), White, Jansen, Stripling, ect.
This team isn’t just bought but they built a deep and strong farm system to supplement what they buy. And use their drafting and signings to acquire stronger assets in the long run. Top to bottom they are a smart and economically strong team.
I actually think they will go after Bregman or Eugenio Suarez before they keep Muncy. Or trade somehow for Caminero.
You been replace proven clutch playoff guy Max Muncy? For $10m? Clutch playoff home runs. Clutch playoff defense. Clubhouse leader Max Muncy? For $10m?
Yeah, no.
Max Muncy must be terribly underrated if the online consensus is to not pick up a 10M dollar option. The guy is worth way more
SDMadres,
Exactly. These guys are concerned about season stats vs playoff winning stats.
Kiké Hernandez to the Dodgers is almost as inevitable as McCutchen to the Pirates.
Dodgers should donate money to the SNAP program and feed the kids .since they have so much money to use on players they don’t even use.
The money for SNAP is already there. The President can release it any time he wants. He just doesn’t want to for political reasons….
Dodgers already did the Thanos snap. In slow (seven game extra innings) motion.
1. Dodgers year end roster was $396 million. That’s $50 million more than the next highest team (Mets), $100 million more than the Yankees, and, significantly $138 million more than the Jays. There are twelve teams in baseball whose payroll was less than $138 million, including two who made the playoffs (CLE, MIL). (All payrolls from Roster Resource.) With a $138 million dollar difference, the Series coming down to one run in extra innings of game seven suggests the Dodgers aren’t spending that efficiently.
2. The Dodgers have regularly been perceived as having a terrific stable of prospects, one of the best systems in the majors. But it is not having much impact on the major league roster. Of the players who contributed significantly to this year’s championship, only Will Smith and Sheehan were drafted and developed by the Dodgers. And while they’ve traded prospects for some of their contributors, and some of those prospects have made the majors, there does not appear to be a single potential all-star among them.
3. While there is a lot of talk about a lock out and demand for a salary cap in the 26/27 off-season, the Dodgers long term commitments appear to make that unlikely. The cap would have to be incredibly high, or the Dodgers would have to decimate their roster, to get that done.
Miguel Rojas contributed significantly to the championship and was home grown.
Generally don’t care if none of the Dodgers prospects traded for Mookie or Glasnow don’t work out for BOS or TBR. Like Pepiot and wish he hadn’t been included but it is what it is. That’s on both BOS and TBR for offloading contracts they weren’t prepared to pay for whatever reason(s). That’s the Dodgers fault?!?! Also, more than a few homegrown guys beyond your token recognition of Will Smith and Emmet Sheehan that “contributed significantly” to this year’s championship. Some in the World Series/postseason (Klein, Pages, Wrobleski) and some in the regular season that allowed starters/bully guys like Muncy, Smith, Mookie and Treinen to get healthy for the postseason-Casparius, Freeland and Rushing.
We are more likely to see a lockout/strike of a year plus than we are a salary cap.
That law of diminishing returns…Dodgers have made the playoffs what? Twelve years in a row? Three championships to show for it. A few caviar bumps to get over the humps. With a potential lockout/strike upcoming in 2027, nearly every team is going to be holding back. You thought the Dodger spending outrage was bad in 2024 and 2025? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Might get your bent wish in 2026 and see them actually win 117+ games in the regular season and not lose a game in the postseason enroute to a championship triumvirate.
Off-season outlook: Party for a couple months, Fill some holes on the roster, Run it back….
While all this hot stove stuff is great, here’s a shout-out to #51.
Thinking about you and your family.
As a Jays fan; I believe the Dodgers should run the exact same bullpen back, except add a few really expensive bullpen arms that will be injured by next August….
How do those sour grapes taste?
Lots of sour there. The Dodgers will be back. They’ll resign Kike and Rojas. Then Kyle Tucker or Bellinger my money is on Bellie for 3 years. They have 3 X 19-20 hr old OF all in the top 50 prospects. I believe 2 of them will replace Teoscar and Whoever they sign for a left handed batter as long as it’s not Kyle Tucker. He’d be a longer commitment. They have 5 excellent starters assuming Roki continues. And Sheehan was pretty good on his own. Then you have River Ryan, Stone, Miller Wroblesky behind them. Phillips, Scott, Treinen, Klein, Grateral, Banda, Vesia, Stewart, Casparius, Hurt, Dryer. All healthy you have too many.
Meant those rookies will replace down the road, hence a shorter contract for Bellie
Don’t see Belli returning. If he doesn’t re-up with NYY, perhaps a return to CHI or rolling down to PHI or ATL or crosstown to NYM. He’ll want a launching pad and that’s not exactly LA or SF. Maybe TEX or ARI? The OF and 1B versatility is a Dodger value but both sides have been there, done that.
We need a right fielder.