Winning never gets old. But winning teams do.

The Dodgers won their repeat championship with the oldest roster in MLB last season – an average age of 31.48.

They will try to three-peat in 2026 with an aging core. Freddie Freeman (36), Max Muncy (35), Teoscar Hernandez (33), Mookie Betts (33) and Blake Snell (33 last week) are all well north of 30. Even Shohei Ohtani will turn 32 next July. The only position player younger than 30 who started more than 45 games for the Dodgers last season was outfielder Andy Pages, who will turn 25 on Monday.

There are plenty of cautionary tales littering recent baseball history of winning teams whose window slammed closed – like the last team before the Dodgers to play in back-to-back World Series.

The Philadelphia Phillies went to the World Series i

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