"Say that they have the best team in history and they're going to win another championship! "No, I don't think the Dodgers are going to win a third consecutive World Series championship." For the previous several years, Dodger fans have spent all spring pondering ways this great team would blow it. Throw in 50 postseason games during that time and the physical toll on this World Series hero has been enormous. Last year's struggles, which ended with a .138 average in the World Series, have been blamed on an early-season stomach ailment and all-season adjustment to shortstop.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2026 10:20 UTC