Andy Pages' raging hot start to Dodgers season has fans re-thinking his future with team

Los Angeles Dodgers fans are in sheer disbelief watching Andy Pages to begin the 2026 season. The 25-year-old center fielder leads MLB in hits (25) and RBI (20), and the National League in batting average (.397) and OPS (1.131) through 17 games. His five home runs aren't too shabby, either.

Pages isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Last Friday, he went 3-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in LA's come-from-behind, walk-off win over the Texas Rangers. With the Dodgers down 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Pages ripped a double down the first-base line, scoring two and giving LA the lead. In his next at-bat, Pages smashed a two-run home run, extending the lead to 7-4.

Andy Pages has completely won back Dodgers fans

Dodgers fans were ready to bench Pages during the 2025 postseason, and in their defense, he was brutal. But his unbelievably torrid start to 2026 has all but erased last fall's memory in fans' minds and replaced it with a newfound respect and admiration for Pages. This is when the whole, "What have you done for me lately?" maxim actually works out in a player's favor.

Indeed, Dodgers fans who doubted Pages are eating their words at the moment; they have no choice but to do so. Meanwhile, LA's front office might be doing some rethinking of its own on the Pages extension front. The general belief is that the Dodgers are in no rush to extend Pages, but if this production continues at even 65% of its current form, that deal could get a lot more expensive than initially assumed.

Andy Pages made real changes to his plate approach this past winter

Dodgers haters will shrug off Pages' start as an outlier stretch that Andy can't possibly sustain. And yes, it's not like Pages is going to hit over .400 this entire season. On the other hand, this impossibly successful start to 2026 reveals a player who made real changes in the offseason, suggesting that even if he can't stay this white-hot, Pages is still going to put up the best numbers of his career in '26 and be a generally improved baseball player moving forward.

In other words, the astronomical numbers won't stick, but the general improvement will. Pages is a flat-out better hitter than he's ever been before, thanks to his commitment to striking out less and developing his eye and pitch selection. Pages used the Trajekt pitch simulator all winter to hone his craft at identifying balls and strikes, and it's paying off big-time.

Pages leveling up this season introduces a scary narrative for the rest of the MLB: The Dodgers might be even better than we all thought they were. No one saw this leap coming from Pages, at least no one outside of LA's clubhouse. It's likely that their are plenty of surprised people within that group, too. At some point, Pages will cool off. For now, he should enjoy this epic coming-out party.

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