2026 MLB Futures Wager: Los Angeles Dodgers to Win the World Series

For the 2026 MLB season, our World Series futures selection is the same as our pick last season:  the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Currently, DraftKings has the odds at +230 (last year, our odds were +260).  So, what do you get the team that has everything?  Well if it's Major League Baseball we're talking about (which doesn't have a restrictive salary cap), how about filling two of the only holes the Dodgers had by signing the best closer on the market and the best outfielder as well.  Reliever Edwin Diaz (formerly of the Mets) and OF Kyle Tucker (Cubs) are heading to the City of Angels, while L.A. didn't lose any of its "front-line" players (although Michael Conforto, Kirby Yates, Michael Kopech, and a couple of others have moved on).  Yes, in professional baseball, the rich get richer and there's really nothing anyone can do about that (at least not until there's a new CBA -- which is supposed to be after this season).  So as they say, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" and we're happy to heed that advice just like we did last season when we had the Dodgers to win it all.  

   

Diaz is going to be key as the Dodgers have been completely dominant the past several seasons without a true lights-out closer, and now it appears they have that in the 32-year-old from Puerto Rico who signed a three-year, $60 Million contract to wear Dodger blue.  Tucker is an important piece as well.  For as good as the Dodgers' offense has been, their outfield has been a bit of a revolving cast the last few years, and especially more-so now that Mookie Betts is a full-time shortstop.  Tucker is a rare, five-tool talent whose services were coveted by just about every big-market team in the National League.  So landing him -- even though it's only for two years right now -- not only ensures he'll be in the Dodgers' lineup every day, but also that they won't have to see him out there potentially playing for one of their rivals.  And who can forget Yoshinobu Yamamoto's incredible performance in the post-season last Fall -- a performance that should set him up to be every bit the ace that the Dodgers were hoping for now that future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw has retired.  And then there's Shohei Ohtani...'nuff said.

   

There's no reason to think that the Dodgers won't be able to do it again, and about two dozen reasons to think that they will.  Take the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2026 MLB World Series at +230 odds (DraftKings).

Good luck, as always,
Al McMordie.