For the second straight year, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. Generally speaking, they've been the odds-on World Series favorites for the last, at least, half-decade. It continues into 2026. Given their excellent player development system combined with their salary war chest and amazing players under contract long-term, the Dodgers are, once again, the team most equipped to win the World Series in 2026.

While the roster is sure to see some turnover this winter, including the retirement of Clayton Kershaw , most of the Dodgers core returns for next season, including Shohei Ohtani , Mookie Betts , Freddie Freeman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto .

They are not, however, a sure thing. They barely scraped by this year, at least by their standards. They won 93 regular-se

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