The Dodgers lineup is formidable and deep, but is also aging. Kyle Tucker was the final piece of the puzzle added this offseason, notable both for his production (and contract, of course) and that he gives Los Angeles another hitter in his 20s, at least for 2026.
The only other Dodgers regular on the right side of 30 is Andy Pages, who just turned 25 in December and still has room to grow.
Pages had a terrible postseason, with just four hits in 51 at-bats, and was finally removed from the lineup for
the final two games of the World Series. Luckily that wasn’t our last impression of Pages in 2025, as his literal championship-saving catch and subsequent barreling over of Kiké Hernández will be remembered fondly in Los Angeles in both video replays and holiday ornaments for years to come.
The struggles at the plate in October marred what was a promising season overall for the outfielder. He hit .285/.325/.479 with 27 home runs and a 113 wRC+ on the season, though that included a 128 wRC+ through the end of June and a 97 wRC+ from July through September. On the season, his power went up (.159 isolated power as a rookie to .189 in 2025) and his strikeout rate decreased (24.4 percent to 21.6 percent).
He also posted 11 Outs Above Average, tied for seventh among major league outfielders.
Pages has pretty much been a fixture in the Dodgers lineup since making his major league debut on April 16, 2024, starting 256 of 305 games. Only Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Teoscar Hernández have started more games on the Dodgers since Pages’ arrival.
Since 2000, Pages is one of only five Dodgers to bat at least 400 times in each of his first two seasons in the majors, along with Andre Ethier (2006-07), Russell Martin (2006-07), Yasiel Puig (2013-14) and Cody Bellinger (2017-18). If we include players who had cup-of-coffee debuts and expand our subset to a first three seasons, Joc Pederson (2005-16) and Corey Seager (2016-17) were lineup regulars in their first two full major league seasons as well.
So what should we expect from Pages at age 25 this year?
Andy Pages 2026 projections
- ZiPS: .258/.315/.460, 25 HR, 114 wRC+
- OOPSY: .254/.318/.449, 25 HR, 113 wRC+
- Marcel: .267/.318/.445, 21 HR
- Steamer: .255/.307/.450, 21 HR, 109 wRC+
- THE BAT: .253/.308/.449, 24 HR, 109 wRC+
- PECOTA: .242/.299/.410, 19 HR, 95 DRC+
Today’s question is what do you expect out of Andy Pages in 2026? Give us any predictions you want — stats, playing time, whether he’ll stick in center field, or anything else that comes to mind.
