Complete list of Dodgers 2026-27 free agents and their outlook

The Los Angeles Dodgers' season is over, along with their hopes of three-peat. Although the offseason won't officially commence until the after the final out of the World Series, Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers front office will now have a couple of extra days to regroup before going back to the drawing board.

The last few offseasons have felt excruciatingly long, but this one is almost guaranteed to even be longer. The Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on December 1, and a lockout is unanimously expected.

The work stoppage will halt all baseball activities while MLB and the Players Association fight it out over various economic and non-economic issues. The Dodgers have nine free agents who will either need to sign early — with the Dodgers or a new team — or be part of the late-spring rush once the CBA is resolved.

Will these Dodgers free agents be back or look for greener pastures this offseason?

Tarik Skubal, Dodgers pitcher

Skubal is expected to command $400 million (or more) on the free agent market. The New York Mets are reportedly prepared to match any offer he receives, which means that the bidding will inevitably come down to New York and LA, regardless of inevitable rumors of dark horses or spoilers.

Though Skubal didn't look quite as dominant as he had with the Detroit Tigers immediately after the trade, he leveled out in September, reasserting himself as one of the best pitchers in the game. Los Angeles loves him; his teammates love him. The Dodgers have the clear leg up, but it might not be so easy if the Mets are as determined as reported.

Blake Treinen, Dodgers pitcher

Dodgers fans certainly expect to see a retirement announcement from Treinen shortly after the season ends. He was injured on the second-to-last day of the season, couldn't make it back for the postseason, and is 38 years old. He should at least be heavily considering hanging up his cleats, and the Dodgers shouldn't be thinking about re-signing him.

Evan Phillips, Dodgers pitcher

Phillips has long been a paragon of what Dodgers' player development can do when it's at its best. They claimed him off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays in 2021 and did what even the pitching-savvy Rays couldn't — they turned him into a truly dominant bullpen arm.

Nevertheless, the Dodgers haven't seen that side of Phillips since 2023, and with all of the younger overflow arms looking for a more permanent home on the roster, Phillips could be a casualty.

Kris Bubic, Dodgers pitcher

Bubic's addition at the trade deadline was a surprise. But he gave the Dodgers reason to believe they'd made the right move. He posted 4⅔ scoreless innings at the end of the regular season, after coming off the IL. That didn't shape up so well in the postseason, and the Dodgers will probably let Bubic walk in free agency.

Miguel Rojas, Dodgers infielder

Rojas has been a staple of the Dodgers' roster since 2023, after coming back from the Miami Marlins, but fans got an unpleasant reminder that he's the team's oldest position player when he exited mid-at-bat in the NLDS and was caught hunched over in the dugout.

Rojas has managerial ambitions and is certainly gunning for a job with the Dodgers' front office upon retirement. Although he's been open to play one more year, he announced after Game 4 that he will indeed retire. LA should nudge him toward that inevitable "special advisor" role.

Kiké Hernández, Dodgers utility player

Hernández isn't likely to be a top priority for the Dodgers this offseason, but he doesn't have to be. We all know very well that he's not eager to play for anyone else and will wait by the phone for Friedman as long as they ask him to.

Hernández was re-signed in February 2025 and 2026 as one of the Dodgers' last moves of the offseason. Both times, he announced his own return. We can almost certainly expect that again in 2027, whenever the lockout ends.

Eric Lauer, Dodgers pitcher

While the Dodgers no doubt took great satisfaction in taking Lauer off the Toronto Blue Jays' hands after their acrimonious split, and then spinning him back into an effective swingman, they should've traded him at the deadline. Friedman reportedly sat Lauer and Alex Call down and asked them how they would feel about a trade. Both said they'd prefer to stay (because, duh), and the Dodgers kept them.

Lauer was injured a month later, and Call didn't make the NLDS or NLCS rosters. Suffice it to say, that was a missed opportunity for LA.

Alex Vesia, Dodgers pitcher

Vesia has a better chance than any of the pitchers on this list to be re-signed. He, too, seems like a guy who will ride or die for the Dodgers, even if he'll almost definitely have other suitors.

Vesia's been one of Dave Roberts' most trusted bullpen arms since 2024, and he didn't disappoint this season, either. They only paid him $3.55 million this year after exercising a club option, and he shouldn't be much more expensive in his free agency.

Brusdar Graterol, Dodgers pitcher

The Dodgers were evidently so enamored by Graterol's 2023 season, when he pitched 67⅓ innings for a 1.20 ERA, that they've stuck by him through a myriad of injuries since 2024. The last time he was on a major league mound was September 24, 2024, and that was after missing over four months at the beginning of the season, and then one more after a solitary ⅓-inning outing in August.

This year, he was "slow played" in spring training as he came back from a shoulder surgery, but he was back on the 60-day IL by Opening Day. He attempted a comeback in May and pitched 3⅓ innings during a Triple-A rehab assignment before being pulled off of it. He then underwent a back surgery on June 1. No matter how healthy he purports to be during the offseason, even if he feels great close to Opening Day, the Dodgers need to let him go.

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