For your average baseball, non-Dodgers fan, the Kyle Tucker sweepstakes ending with the perennial MVP-candidate signing with the perennial World Series contender Los Angeles Dodgers is … not amazing? Or maybe that’s just me, who would prefer parity over one juggernaut team dominating the sport. And hey, there’s no guarantee this means the Dodgers are gonna win the whole thing again, right? Right?!
But I digress. However you may feel about Tucker landing with LAD, one truth is indisputable: the Dodgers have an embarrassment of riches on their team, one fantasy baseball managers should be mining often in their upcoming drafts.
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I mean, just look at what their starting lineup could look like:
Looks like a create-a-team in a video game.
And let’s say that’s what the Dodgers lineup actually looks like when the games start to count. That’s a whopping five hitters who are ranked in the top 100 players on Yahoo.
And we haven’t even mentioned the pitchers. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani (the fantasy pitcher), Emmet Sheehan and Edwin Diaz are ALL IN THE TOP 150.
You can conceivably draft the entire Dodgers team in fantasy and be competitive. That’s ridiculous.
It’s only January, but let’s just list ‘em out for fun’s sake:
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Shohei Ohtani (Batter): Former MVP, in the running for the No. 1 pick in fantasy
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Kyle Tucker: Still just 28, a player with boundless potential
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Mookie Betts: Former MVP, still getting it done
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Freddie Freeman: Former MVP, STILL getting it done
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Will Smith: Could argue should be the first catcher off the board after Cal Raleigh in drafts
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Teoscar Hernández: 25 homers seems like a baseline
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Andy Pages: Breakout season last year, yet set to bat in the latter half of this lineup
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto: One of the best pitchers in baseball
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Blake Snell: Another one of the best pitchers in baseball
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Tyler Glasnow: When healthy, also one of the best pitchers in baseball
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Shohei Ohtani (Pitcher): When he’s not hitting, he’s one of the best pitchers in baseball
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Emmet Sheehan: Former top prospect, outstanding 2025 season
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Edwin Díaz: In the running for the best closer in baseball
Have fun drafting Dodgers this season!
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