Despite winning two consecutive World Series titles, the Los Angeles Dodgers remained active during the MLB offseason to bolster their already stacked roster.
The Dodgers signed relief pitcher Edwin Diaz to a three-year, $69 million contract and outfielder Kyle Tucker to a four-year, $240 million deal in free agency.
While many people in the baseball community have expressed frustrations toward the balance of star power in MLB, San Francisco Giants chairman Greg Johnson does not have any issues with Los Angeles’ approach.
“They’re aggressive and they have a good team,” Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday. “But baseball is baseball. We can beat ’em.”
The Dodgers are coming off a nail-biting World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays, with a roster that mostly will have the same squad for the 2026 season.
“It was an incredible World Series,” Johnson said. “Even people who are not baseball people were just amazed at how riveting it was. I just think it’s good for all of us that [the Dodgers] have the star power to draw people to baseball.
“I’m not a Dodgers fan. I don’t want them to win. But I’ll take the high road and say it’s good for baseball.”
Los Angeles is in a prime position to win its third consecutive World Series championship, with the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamamoto, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts still on its active roster.
The Giants’ offseason was headlined by the signings of outfielder Harrison Bader to a two-year, $20.5 million deal and three-time MLB All-Star infielder Luis Arráez to a one-year contract.
On paper, the Dodgers should cruise through the season and become the third franchise to three-peat in MLB history.
But with its free-agent additions and further development of its young players, San Francisco still has a chance to contend in the National League.
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