Overview
- ESPN’s Top 100 lists eight Dodgers overall and six in the top 50, led by Shohei Ohtani at No. 1.
- Other Dodgers on the list: Kyle Tucker (15), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (17), Mookie Betts (25), Will Smith (34), Freddie Freeman (36), Blake Snell (70) and Edwin Díaz (73).
- ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez projects Ohtani to post a .980 OPS with 45 home runs and 20 steals while pitching to a 2.65 ERA over 160 innings with 213 strikeouts.
- Gonzalez’s forecast has Ohtani finishing third in Cy Young voting and fifth for MVP, framing expectations rather than guarantees.
- The Dodgers enter 2026 seeking a three-peat after winning the past two World Series, with Ohtani coming off a 55-homer season and 14 starts featuring a 2.87 ERA in 47 innings.