Los Angeles Dodgers: looking to repeat
It’s easy to groan seeing the Los Angeles Dodgers on this list. This team won the 2020 World Series, after all. There’s no doubt that the Dodgers should be considered title favorites again in 2021.
The signing of Trevor Bauer alone earns the defending champions a spot on this list. Bauer was the league’s top-rated free agent after his NL Cy Young Award-winning performance a year ago. Adding the best starting pitcher in baseball to a World Series roster could be seen as unfair. Los Angeles also addressed some of the roster’s biggest needs this offseason in adding Corey Knebel and Tommy Kahnle for bullpen depth. Justin Turner returned for two more years.
Los Angeles is another incredibly deep roster from top to bottom while adding the top free-agent in the game. Be on the lookout for 19 awesome divisional rivalry games between the Dodgers and Padres this season.