Published for Dodgers fans — October 2026
By Toxlay Sports Editorial Team · Last updated October 19, 2026
⚖ Dodgers Fans — Bleed Blue in 2027!
Back-to-back champs with their eyes on a three-peat — and real fans don’t just watch it happen, they wear it. Grab a Dodgers-style home jersey with your favorite star’s number and rep Chavez Ravine everywhere you go.
The Club
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the modern dynasty of Major League Baseball — and they know it, and they don’t apologize for it. Founded in 1883 in Brooklyn and playing in Los Angeles since 1958, the Dodgers call Dodger Stadium home, wear blue and white, and own nine World Series titles — 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024 and 2025. The back-to-back championships of 2024 and 2025 turned Chavez Ravine into the center of the baseball universe. Nobody outspends them, nobody outdraws them, and for two straight Octobers, nobody beat them. Then came the 2026 National League Championship Series — and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Last Season (2026): The Three-Peat That Wasn’t
On paper: 100-62, first in the NL West for the third straight year, one of the top offenses in baseball by runs, average and OPS. In reality: a season that will be remembered for four brutal October nights. The Dodgers rolled through the summer on the two-way brilliance of Shohei Ohtani — 30 home runs as a hitter, a sub-2.00 ERA across 14 starts, fifth in the majors in WAR — and a lineup stacked with MVPs. Then the bats froze. In the NLCS against the 103-win Brewers, the Dodgers went 5-for-43 with runners in scoring position and got swept 4-0: 7-4 in Milwaukee on October 12, 6-2 and 6-4 at Dodger Stadium on October 14 and 15. The three-peat died at home. The cruelest twist? The Brewers became the first team in MLB history to sweep the club that had swept them the previous postseason — the Dodgers had rolled Milwaukee in the 2025 NLCS on the way to the title. As Ohtani put it after the Game 4 loss: the Brewers “were overall very strong and exposed some of the parts of me as a player, so full credit to them for that.”
Best Players Right Now (2027 Roster)
Shohei Ohtani, 32, DH / Starting Pitcher (#17) — The $700 million unicorn. A four-time MVP whose two-way 2026 (30 HR, sub-2.00 ERA) was wasted by a .192 October and nagging knee and bicep injuries. Possible offseason surgery looms. Everything about 2027 starts with his health.
Mookie Betts, 34, Shortstop (#50) — The heart of the order’s engine. Reached base four times in his first nine NLCS plate appearances, then went quiet when it mattered most. Still the most complete player on the roster.
Freddie Freeman, 37, First Base (#5) — The 2024 World Series MVP and a 10-time All-Star, but the decline is real: production dipped for a fourth straight year, one homer after July, a September knee issue, and a 1-for-11 NLCS. He enters the final year of his contract in 2027.
Kyle Tucker, 29, Right Field (#23) — The new star. Tucker’s bat was one of the few that showed up in October (.333 in the small sample), and the Dodgers paid for exactly that kind of October hitter.
Will Smith, 31, Catcher (#16) — The quiet constant. Handles the most talented staff in baseball and remains one of the game’s best offensive catchers.
Teoscar Hernández, 33, Left Field (#37) — The streaky slugger. Big homers, big strikeouts, shaky defense — the front office is openly debating whether his future is in Dodger blue or as trade bait.
Max Muncy, 36, Third Base (#13) — The veteran slugger. Still takes his walks and hits it a mile, but at 36 and entering his contract’s final year, every season could be the last.
Andy Pages, 25, Center Field (#44) — The young spark. One of the few Dodgers who played with October energy, and a building block as the roster gets younger.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 28, Starting Pitcher (#18) — The ace-in-waiting. Electric stuff, big-game nerve. The rotation’s future starts here.
Blake Snell, 33, Starting Pitcher (#7) — The two-time Cy Young winner. When healthy, unhittable; the Dodgers need a full season of it.
Tyler Glasnow, 33, Starting Pitcher (#31) — The 6-foot-8 flamethrower. Frontline stuff that has never quite stayed on the mound for a whole year.
Roki Sasaki, 24, Starting Pitcher (#11) — The Japanese phenom. The fastball is real, the ceiling is ace-level, and 2027 is the year he has to put it together.
Manager: Dave Roberts — Back, and backed. Despite the sweep, the Dodgers doubled down on Roberts — one of the highest-paid managers in the game at $8.1 million a year — on the strength of two straight titles and a near-miss at a three-peat. The roster around him is about to change; he isn’t.
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Star Spotlight: Stories You Should Know
The sweep that stunned baseball. Four games. That’s all it took for the Milwaukee Brewers — the youngest roster in the postseason at 27.5 years old — to dismantle the oldest (30.9) and end the three-peat dream. Jake Bauers took NLCS MVP honors, and the Brewers marched to their first World Series since 1982. Dave Roberts refused the age excuse afterward: “Every facet of the game, if you kind of unpack it, we were bested.” Tip your cap, and reload.
Ohtani’s brilliant, broken year. Strip away October and 2026 was another all-time two-way season: 30 homers, a sub-2.00 ERA in 14 starts, top-five in WAR. But the knee and bicep barked all September, the swing fell apart in the NLCS (.192, 10 strikeouts in 26 at-bats), and Roberts even dropped him to sixth in the order for Game 3. He answered with a three-run homer in Game 4 — then struck out on three pitches with the tying run on third in the seventh. The most talented player alive, and the most important medical file in sports.
Freddie’s last ride? Seventeen seasons, ten All-Star nods, a 2024 World Series MVP — and now the final year of his contract. Freeman’s 2026 faded badly after July, and the 1-for-11 NLCS raised the question nobody in LA wants to ask: what does first base look like in 2028? One more October run with the franchise icon would be the perfect answer.
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Next Season (2027): Reload, Don’t Rebuild
The core isn’t going anywhere — Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Tucker, Smith, Yamamoto — but the edges are about to change. Tarik Skubal, the deadline ace, headlines a free-agent class that also includes Alex Vesia, Evan Phillips, Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas. Top prospect Josue De Paula mashed his way to a September call-up and needs a real roster spot, and the front office wants more foot speed and less station-to-station homer reliance. The bullpen needs restocking, with Edwin Díaz ticketed for the ninth inning. One giant caveat hangs over everything: the collective bargaining agreement expires December 1, owners want a salary cap, and a lockout could delay — or threaten — the whole season. If baseball is played on time, the Dodgers open 2027 still the team to beat in the NL West. The three-peat is dead. The next dynasty starts now.
Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Games to Watch
Wondering when the Dodgers play? The Dodgers schedule for 2027 is out — and it opens at home for the club’s 70th season in Los Angeles. Grab your Dodgers tickets early for these:
- March 25 — vs Atlanta Braves (Opening Day, Dodger Stadium): The earliest Opening Day in MLB history. Braves vs. Dodgers to start the year — a potential October preview on day one.
- April 15 — vs Colorado Rockies (Jackie Robinson Day): As always, the Dodgers are home for the game’s most important annual celebration.
- May 6-9 — vs San Francisco Giants: The first Giants series at Dodger Stadium in 2027. Four games, and the rivalry never needs hype.
- July 16-18 — vs Los Angeles Angels (Freeway Series): Right out of the All-Star break (the Midsummer Classic is July 13 at Wrigley Field), the battle for LA resumes.
- August 27-29 — vs New York Yankees: The 2024 World Series rematch at Chavez Ravine. Late-August baseball doesn’t get bigger than this.
Biggest Rivalries — The Wars
1. San Francisco Giants — THE rivalry. The oldest feud in the National League, coast to coast since New York. Nothing in baseball feels like Dodgers-Giants with something on the line.
2. San Diego Padres — The new blood feud. They’ve pushed LA to the brink in October and finished nine back in 2026. The most talented rivalry in the sport right now.
3. Milwaukee Brewers — The fresh wound. They ended the three-peat with a broom. Until the Dodgers return the favor, this one stings every time the schedule says Milwaukee.
4. New York Yankees — The October standard. The 2024 World Series went Hollywood’s way in five games. Every Yankees series at Dodger Stadium still feels like a Fall Classic audition.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many straight World Series titles have the Dodgers won?
Two — 2024 and 2025. The three-peat bid died in October 2026 when the Milwaukee Brewers swept them 4-0 in the NLCS.
When the Dodgers play the Angels in 2027, what is the series called?
The Freeway Series — July 16-18, 2027 at Dodger Stadium, right out of the All-Star break.
Who are the best Dodgers players right now?
Shohei Ohtani, the four-time MVP and two-way star; Mookie Betts, the most complete player on the roster; and Kyle Tucker, whose bat was one of the few that showed up in October.
What happened in the 2026 NLCS?
The Brewers swept the Dodgers 4-0 — the first time in MLB history a team swept the club that had swept them the previous postseason. LA went 5-for-43 with runners in scoring position.
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Bleed blue — the three-peat died in Milwaukee, but dynasties don’t ask permission for an encore.
