The All-MLB teams have been around since 2019, and for the first time since their inception, the Dodgers do not have a single player representing the All-MLB First team.
No offensive players for the Dodgers were named to either the First or Second teams, but two pitchers managed to crack the Second Team, those being left-hander Tarik Skubal and right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, reports Sonja Chen of MLB.com.
After two consecutive Cy Young award winning seasons, Skubal was limited to 26 starts due to elbow
surgery, but he still managed to post a 12-7 record with a 2.72 ERA and 186 strikeouts across 158 2/3 innings between the Detroit Tigers and Dodgers. Yamamoto capped off his second fully healthy season of his big league career, once again finishing in the top-5 for National League Cy Young voting by posting a 14-9 record with a 2.53 ERA while striking out 182 hitters across 185 innings.
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For the first time since 2022, Shohei Ohtani was not crowned league MVP, as he placed 2nd behind Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong for the 2026 NL MVP race.
It was a tough task for Ohtani to try to claim a third consecutive NL MVP, and injuries to both his knee and biceps kept him behind Crow-Armstrong, who became the first Cub in team history to register a 40-40 season. Ohtani doesn’t need to pull off another 50-50 season to reclaim the title, and Maddie Lee of the Los Angeles Times describes what the two-way superstar will have to do in order to add another MVP award to his already vaunted trophy mantle. Should the impending lockout bleed into when the regular season traditionally starts, Lee notes that the additional off time could help him revamp to full health on both sides of the field.
In that kind of environment, it could be in Ohtani’s best interest to put off a pitching ramp-up at least until the lockout ends and the season schedule is set. But he and the Dodgers have a little over two weeks to talk through those decisions. Once the lockout begins, teams will be restricted from communicating with the players on their 40-man rosters.
Former Dodgers reliever Michael Kopech did not toss a single pitch during the 2026 season, but he’s not ready to hang up his spikes. Ken Rosenthal, Will Sammon, and Katie Woo of The Athletic note that Kopech is eyeing a comeback for the 2027 season, and is scheduled to throw for teams on Saturday.
