Every Dodgers player entering free agency as business takes over after World Series

The 2025 World Series is now over, and the Los Angeles Dodgers have several players about to hit free agency. On Thursday, free agency will officially begin.

The good news is none of the Dodgers' true stars will be hitting the open market. However, as 2025 has shown, depth matters. Los Angeles led the league in days lost the the injured list for the third year in a row, and wouldn't have won back-to-back championships without a well-stocked cupboard of players capable of stepping up into bigger roles when called upon.

In total, the Dodgers could have as many as seven players hitting free agency. Let's dive in and take a look at who those players are and the likelihood they return to LA.

Every Dodgers player hitting free agency after the 2025 season

Outfielder Michael Conforto

Key stats: .199/.305/.333 12 homers -0.6 fWAR

The Dodgers signed Michael Conforto to a hefty one-year, $17 million contract with the dream of him mashing righties as the strong side of a left field platoon. Instead, they got negative value for their trouble. Conforto is surely looking for employment elsewhere this offseason. The only question is: why did the Dodgers rock with him for so long?

Relief pitcher Kirby Yates

Key stats: 50 games 41.1 innings 5.23 ERA 4.76 FIP

Speaking of wastes of money, remember when the baseball world had a meltdown because the Dodgers signed Kirby Yates to a one-year, $13 million contract? The Dodgers would like to forget it. If the 38-year-old decides he wants to continue pitching in 2026, he's looking at a big pay cut. Spotrac projects his market value to be a hair over $1.1 million. Even at that price, the Dodgers will pass.

Starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw

Key stats: 23 games (22 starts) 112.2 innings 3.36 ERA 3.55 FIP

One could argue that Kershaw saved the Dodgers' season as his return from the IL coincided with the losses of Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow. His performance was a steadying force in a rotation that was constantly in flux. The Dodgers would probably love to bring him back for another year, but the legend will be hanging up his spikes after an epic conclusion to 2025.

Utilityman Miguel Rojas

Key stats: .262/.318/.397 7 homers 1.7 fWAR

Here's the first legitimately difficult decision the Dodgers will face. Miguel Rojas has been a versatile and, for the most part, valuable bench piece for Los Angeles over the last three years. Logging time at all three infield positions, he didn't hit quite as well as he did in 2024, but was still a league-average bat and a solid glove, which allowed the club to withstand injuries to the likes of Max Muncy and Tommy Edman.

At 36, it's a question as to how much he has left in the tank and whether or not the Dodgers will prefer a younger option as a chess piece off the bench moving forward. He already said he's retiring after 2026, and after his World Series-saving home run in Game 7, he might be coming back.

Relief pitcher Michael Kopech

Key stats: 14 games 11 innings 2.45 ERA 4.50 FIP

Michael Kopech's acquisition at the deadline was one of the keys to the Dodgers' run last season, but this year, he's spent far more time on the IL than on the active roster. Despite what the ERA says, the few times Kopech has taken the mound, it has been an adventure. With more walks than strikeouts, he's lucky not to have completely melted down. How much of those control issues are a result of not being healthy is anyone's guess.

The Dodgers need a bullpen makeover, and 2024 Kopech would fit in nicely. The 2025 version, well, not so much.

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Third baseman Max Muncy

Key stats: .243/.376/.470 19 homers 2.9 fWAR

Max Muncy will be one of the most fascinating decisions the Dodgers make this offseason. A fearsome hitter with power and patience from the left side, Muncy's $10 million option looks like a bargain until you think about the injury woes that have greatly impacted his availability the last couple of years. On top of that, his glove, which wasn't a strength to begin with, doesn't exactly improve the Dodgers defensively next year.

Younger and shinier options like Alex Bregman and Japan's Munetaka Murakami will be sitting there to tempt Andrew Friedman. Dodgers fans probably won't complain either way as long as one of these stars is manning the hot corner in 2026, but Muncy's price might be too hard to pass up after he once again came up clutch during the 2025 WS run.

Relief pitcher Alex Vesia

Key stats: 68 games 59.2 innings 3.02 ERA 3.77 FIP

2025 was really a tale of two seasons for the lefty. From Opening Day through July 31, he was a reliable force, posting a 2.42 ERA. From August 1 on through the end of the regular season, he went the way of the rest of the Dodgers' bullpen with his ERA nearly doubling to 4.80. Vesia's only 29 and did post an elite 33.8% strikeout rate. His $3.6 million option is affordable, which makes him likely to be back, though there is no guarantee.