The back-to-back World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers open their 2026 season at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
Here’s what you need to know:
What time is the game?
The game starts at 5:30 p.m. For those heading to the park, the stadium opens at 2:30 p.m., and they are encouraged to be in their seats by 4:45 p.m. for some pregame events happening, including the Dodgers raising their championship banner and NBA legend Magic Johnson throwing out the first pitch.
Who is on the roster?
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Emmet Sheehan, and Roki Sasaki will be the starting pitchers, and Shohei Ohtani will be the designated hitter, according to MLB. Freddie Freeman will be on first base with Miguel Rojas and Alex Freeland on second and Max Muncy on third. Mookie Betts will be the shortstop.
Will Smith and Dalton Rushing will serve as catchers.
You can view the full roster here.
Could the Dodgers win a third straight championship?
The New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics have been able to win three championships in a row - could the Dodgers join that exclusive club?
Dodgers team historian Mark Langill said it’s possible!
“They barely did it in ‘24,” he said. “They barely did it in ‘25, and I don't care if they barely do it in ‘26, just as long as they do it.”
Langill also said that since the World Series began in 1903, “no National League team has ever repeated three times winning a World Series.”
“This is the magnitude of what they’re chasing,” he said.
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