LOS ANGELES, CA — “What if” has always been a loaded question. But in the case of the back to back World Series champion, Los Angeles Dodgers, it’s not if, but when?
If they sign the number one free agent available, Kyle Tucker, and then go out and sign Bo Bichette, barring injuries, a three-peat is possible. Hey, what’s another $700 million?
The Dodgers will be in talks with several free agents this offseason as they pursue a World Series three-peat – Image Credit: Amber Douglas Rodriguez/Latino Sports
Here is what a possible Opening Day lineup would look like at Dodger Stadium in 2026 and beyond.
Shohei Ohtani – DH/P
Mookie Betts – SS
Kyle Tucker – LF/RF
Freddie Freeman – 1B
Teoscar Hernández – RF/LF
Will Smith – C
Bo Bichette – 2B
Max Muncy – 3B
Andy Pages – CF
Bench:
Tommy Edman – CF/2B
Alex Call – LF
Dalton Rushing – C/1B
Hyeseong Kim – 2B/CF
Kiké Hernández – 1B/2B/SS/3B/RF/LF/ CF
I’m not saying this is going to happen, but Los Angeles has the money along with a winning tradition that can attract the top free-agent players. Over the past 10 years, the Dodgers have had the best regular-season record in MLB with 1,036 wins and a .616 winning percentage.
The Dodgers have won the NL pennant in five of the last 10 seasons and three World Series titles in that span (2020, 2024, and 2025) – Image Credit: George Napolitano/Latino Sports
They have also won the National League pennant in five of the last 10 seasons and the World Series three times in that span.
In 2025, LA became the first MLB team to generate $1 billion in gross revenue, including postseason revenue, making it easier to outbid every organization for free agents. The climate is excellent, Hollywood stars are always at your home games, and a stadium that attracted over four million fans last year. If you are a star ballplayer, what’s not to like?
In 2025, the Dodgers reached an impressive attendance mark of over 4,000,000, which was an average of 49,537 fans per home game at Dodger Stadium – Image Credit: Emma Sharon/Latino Sports
Do they have an unfair advantage? You can say that, but that’s what everyone said about George Steinbrenner’s Yankees for many years. Calling it “The Evil Empire!”
Back then, non-Yankee fans were calling for a salary cap in the game. One thing that will never happen in baseball is a salary cap. The players’ union would never sign off on that, and the owners know that they would lose billions if the players went on strike—billionaires fighting with millionaires.
The Dodgers have successfully become the “Evil Empire” of the West Coast, winning three World Series titles since 2020 – Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports
And here is the new factor in the new “Evil Empire” West Coast version. The hold the Dodgers have on the Japanese and Asian baseball fan market goes back many years, to Hideo Nomo, who was the first Japanese player signed by the Dodgers in 1995. That fan base has exploded with the signing of Ohtani, Roki Sasaki, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Every game at Dodger Stadium sees a massive presence of Japanese fans cheering and, of course, buying everything with the names of these three players on it. And beware, the signed items don’t last long in the stores, in or out of Dodger Stadium. “Cha-ching $,” “Cha-ching $.”
How long will this ‘Dodger Dominance’ last? Only time will tell.
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