Dodgers 2026: Shocking Predictions That Could Rewrite the Team’s Future Revealed by True Blue LA Staff

Players we’re keeping our eye on

Eric Stephen: Emmet Sheehan was dominant over the last two months of 2025, having fully recovered from Tommy John surgery. The Dodgers just had all four workhorses atop the rotation healthy and thriving in October. This year, Sheehan gets an extended run to put up a strong full season.

Andy Lane Chapman: So many players are heading into this season finally healthy again. I’m going to take the slimmed-down Max Muncy. The Dodgers continue to re-sign him for a reason, and he’s going to have one of his better seasons this year as a ‘thank you’ and to prove it to himself and the team that’s he’s still one of the top half of third basemen in the league. Also, he can do a lot of damage now further down in the lineup due to Kyle Tucker’s addition.

Michael Elizondo: Roki Sasaki has been strangely mercurial on the mound. The sooner Sasaki figures it out, the easier the Dodgers’ regular season will be. Mookie Betts figured out how to play well at shortstop well last year. But hit worse than Cesar Izturis. While Betts had justification last year and has expressed confidence this year about returning to MVP form, I find myself skeptical. There’s multiple years left on Betts’ deal. I’ll happily set the bar at “don’t be an offensive liability in October,” which seems unfair until one remembers the crazy discourse arising from Game 3 of the World Series about changing the rules about intentional walks, which are fine.