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2026 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2026 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 137th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 69th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 65th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. They entered the season as the two-time defending National League champions, and two-time defending World Series champions. They look to become the first team to three-peat since the 2000 New York Yankees, as well as the first National League team to accomplish this feat. This was the Dodgers first season since 2007 to not include pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the active roster, as he retired after the 2025 season.

Offseason

Stadium naming rights deal

During the off-season the Dodgers struck a five-year deal with Japanese designer and retailer Uniqlo to re-name the playing field at Dodger Stadium to "Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium".

Front office

On December 3, the Dodgers Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations Josh Byrnes left the team to become the General Manager of the Colorado Rockies.

Roster departures

Pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who spent his entire 18-season career with the Dodgers, announced his retirement in September.

On November 2, 2025, the day after the conclusion of the 2025 World Series, six Dodgers players became free agents. This included pitchers Andrew Heaney, Michael Kopech, and Kirby Yates, infielder Miguel Rojas, outfielder Michael Conforto, and utility player Kiké Hernández. On November 6, the Dodgers designated pitcher Tony Gonsolin for assignment and outrighted pitcher Michael Grove and outfielder Justin Dean. On November 12, catcher Ben Rortvedt was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. On November 21, the Dodgers non-tendered pitchers Nick Frasso and Evan Phillips, making them free agents. On December 29, they traded outfielder Esteury Ruiz to the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor leaguer Adriano Marrero. On February 6, the Dodgers designated pitcher Anthony Banda for assignment.

Roster additions

On November 6, 2025, the Dodgers selected the contracts of outfielder / first baseman Ryan Ward and pitcher Robinson Ortiz and added them to the 40-man roster Ortiz was traded to the Seattle Mariners on November 16. Pitcher Ronan Kopp was added to the 40-man roster on November 18. On December 5, the Dodgers announced that they had re-signed infielder Miguel Rojas on a one-year, $5.5 million contract. On December 12, they claimed outfielder Mike Siani off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. The same day, they signed relief pitcher Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million contract. On January 9, they claimed infielder Ryan Fitzgerald off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. On January 13, they designated Fitzgerald for assignment and signed infielder Andy Ibáñez to a one-year, $1.2 million contract. On January 21, they designated Siani for assignment and signed outfielder Kyle Tucker to a four-year, $240 million contract. On February 3, they re-claimed Siani off waivers (from the New York Yankees) and designated Ibáñez for assignment. Pitcher Evan Phillips was re-signed for one year and $6.5 million, on February 11. The following day, they re-signed utility player Kiké Hernández to a one year, $4.5 million contract. Outfielder Jack Suwinski was claimed off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates on February 22.

Spring training

The Dodgers began spring training on February 13, 2026 at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, with the first Cactus League game on February 21. While at Camelback Ranch, the Dodgers also played an exhibition game on March 4 against the Mexico national baseball team as part of promotion for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. They also played in three Freeway Series exhibition games against the Los Angeles Angels before beginning the regular season on March 26. On March 19, the Dodgers selected the contract of utility player Santiago Espinal and added him to the major league roster.

World Baseball Classic

Nine Dodgers players were chosen to represent countries during the World Baseball Classic. Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Japan, Will Smith and recently retired Clayton Kershaw for Team USA, Edwin Díaz for Puerto Rico, Hyeseong Kim for Korea, Antonio Knowles for Great Britain, Jake Gelof for Israel and Shawndrick Oduber for Netherlands. In addition several members of the Dodgers organization were listed as coaches for the tournament including Dino Ebel (USA), Jair Fernandez (Colombia), Blake Gailen (Israel), Plácido Polanco and Joel Peralta (Dominican Republic).

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

National League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

Game log

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || March 26 || Diamondbacks || W 8–2 || Yamamoto (1–0) || Gallen (0–1) || — || 53,712 || 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || March 27 || Diamondbacks || W 5–4 || Henriquez (1–0) || Ginkel (0–1) || Díaz (1) || 51,540 || 2–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 || March 28 || Diamondbacks || W 3–2 ||Klein (1–0) || Morillo (0–1) || Díaz (2) || 53,340 || 3–0 |-style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 4 || March 30 || Guardians || L 2–4 || Messick (1–0) || Sasaki (0–1) || — || 52,173 || 3–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || March 31 || Guardians || W 4–1 || Ohtani (1–0) || Bibee (0–1) || — || 53,614 || 4–1 |-style="background:#ffbbbb;" | 6 || April 1 || Guardians || L 1–4 || Williams (1–1) || Yamamoto (1–1) || — || 45,556 || 4–2 |-style="background:#;" | 7 || April 3 || @ Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 8 || April 4 || @ Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 9 || April 5 || @ Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 10 || April 6 || @ Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 11 || April 7 || @ Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 12 || April 8 || @ Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 13 || April 10 || Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 14 || April 11 || Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 15 || April 12 || Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 16 || April 13 || Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 17 || April 14 || Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 18 || April 15 || Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 19 || April 17 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 20 || April 18 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 21 || April 19 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 22 || April 20 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 23 || April 21 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 24 || April 22 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 25 || April 23 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 26 || April 24 || Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 27 || April 25 || Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 28 || April 26 || Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 29 || April 27 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 30 || April 28 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 31 || April 29 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-

|-style="background:#;" | 32 || May 1 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 33 || May 2 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 34 || May 3 || @ Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 35 || May 4 || @ Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 36 || May 5 || @ Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 37 || May 6 || @ Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 38 || May 8 || Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 39 || May 9 || Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 40 || May 10 || Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 41 || May 11 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 42 || May 12 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 43 || May 13 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 44 || May 14 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 45 || May 15 || @ Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 46 || May 16 || @ Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 47 || May 17 || @ Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 48 || May 18 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 49 || May 19 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 50 || May 20 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 51 || May 22 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 52 || May 23 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 53 || May 24 || @ Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 54 || May 25 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 55 || May 26 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 56 || May 27 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 57 || May 29 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 58 || May 30 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 59 || May 31 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || —

|-style="background:#;" | 60 || June 1 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 61 || June 2 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 62 || June 3 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 63 || June 4 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 64 || June 5 || Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 65 || June 6 || Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 66 || June 7 || Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 67 || June 9 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 68 || June 10 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 69 || June 11 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 70 || June 12 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 71 || June 13 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 72 || June 14 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 73 || June 15 || Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 74 || June 16 || Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 75 || June 17 || Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 76 || June 19 || Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 77 || June 20 || Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 78 || June 21 || Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 79 || June 22 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 80 || June 23 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 81 || June 24 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 82 || June 26 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 83 || June 27 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 84 || June 28 || @ Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 85 || June 29 || @ Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 86 || June 30 || @ Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || —

|-style="background:#;" | 87 || July 1 || @ Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 88 || July 2 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 89 || July 3 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 90 || July 4 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 91 || July 5 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 92 || July 6 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 93 || July 7 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 94 || July 8 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 95 || July 10 || Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 96 || July 11 || Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 97 || July 12 || Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || July 14 || 96th All-Star Game || colspan=6 | American League vs. National League (Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |-style="background:#;" | 98 || July 17 || @ Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 99 || July 18 || @ Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 100 || July 19 || @ Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 101 || July 20 || @ Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 102 || July 21 || @ Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 103 || July 22 || @ Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 104 || July 24 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 105 || July 25 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 106 || July 26 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 107 || July 28 || Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 108 || July 29 || Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 109 || July 30 || Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 110 || July 31 || Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || —

|-style="background:#;" | 111 || August 1 || Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 112 || August 2 || Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 113 || August 3 || @ Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 114 || August 4 || @ Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 115 || August 5 || @ Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 116 || August 7 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 117 || August 8 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 118 || August 9 || @ Diamondbacks || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 119 || August 10 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 120 || August 11 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 121 || August 12 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 122 || August 13 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 123 || August 14 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 124 || August 15 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 125 || August 16 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 126 || August 17 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 127 || August 18 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 128 || August 19 || @ Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 129 || August 21 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 130 || August 22 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 131 || August 23 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 132 || August 25 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 133 || August 26 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 134 || August 27 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 135 || August 28 || @ Tigers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 136 || August 29 || @ Tigers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 137 || August 30 || @ Tigers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || —

|-style="background:#;" | 138 || September 1 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 139 || September 2 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 140 || September 3 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 141 || September 4 || Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 142 || September 5 || Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 143 || September 6 || Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 144 || September 7 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 145 || September 8 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 146 || September 9 || Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 147 || September 11 || @ Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 148 || September 12 || @ Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 149 || September 13 || @ Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 150 || September 14 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 151 || September 15 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 152 || September 16 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 153 || September 17 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 154 || September 18 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 155 || September 19 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 156 || September 20 || Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 157 || September 22 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 158 || September 23 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 159 || September 24 || Padres || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 160 || September 25 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 161 || September 26 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — |-style="background:#;" | 162 || September 27 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || —

Season summary

March

The Dodgers began the season with a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at the newly re-named Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium. Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his second straight opening day start, allowing two runs on five hits with six strikeouts while Andy Pages and Will Smith each homered in the 8–2 win. The following day, the Dodgers scored four runs in the third on a solo homer by Alex Freeland and a three-run homer by Mookie Betts. The game was tied when Kyle Tucker drove in Freeland with the eventual winning run as the Dodgers won 5–4. They finished off the opening series sweep with a 3–2 win in the series finale. Tyler Glasnow allowed two runs in six innings with six strikeouts and the Dodgers took the lead with a two-run home run by Smith in the eighth inning. The Cleveland Guardians came to town next and handed the Dodgers their first loss of the season, 4–2. In the following game, Shohei Ohtani allowed only one hit while striking out six in six scoreless innings as the Dodgers won 4–1.

Current roster

Transactions

March

April

Farm system

On December 12, 2024, the Dodgers single–A affiliate, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were sold to Diamond Baseball Holdings and it was announced that the Dodgers would have a new California League affiliate beginning in 2026. On September 18, 2025, the new team was officially unveiled as the Ontario Tower Buzzers, taking the name from a line from the film Top Gun.

References

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