You’ve heard all the complaints since Los Angeles signed Kyle Tucker: “The Dodgers have all the All-Stars now!” Well, I am here to tell you that that’s not true. The Dodgers do not have all the All-Stars. They have 13 of them.
I counted! Los Angeles, through a combination of trade acquisitions, free-agent signings and good old-fashioned player development, has compiled a whopping 13 players who have been All-Stars at some point in their careers on its current roster. Not surprisingly, that’s the most any team can boast, according to MLB.com’s research team. (Although not by much: The Braves have 12, and the Phillies, Mets and Yankees all will have 11, once Cody Bellinger is officially added back to the Yanks’ roster.)
Perhaps it would be fun, then, to quite literally count the Dodgers’ blessings. Let’s rank those All-Stars! This ranking is not based on career achievement: It’s just the quality of player heading into the 2026 season. Not all 13 of these players will make this year’s All-Star Game, obviously. But, you know, they could. After all, they have:
This one isn’t complicated: When in doubt, make your first pick the best player in the world who is doing something that has never been done in baseball history. How well have Ohtani’s two years in Dodger Blue gone? Well, he has won two NL MVP Awards and two World Series rings. That’ll work.
There is a sense that Tucker had a “down” year with the Cubs in 2025, and yet, he still finished with a 143 OPS+ and was a legitimate NL MVP candidate for the first half of the season. Really, any so-called struggles he had last season might have been more due to injuries than anything else, which speaks to why Los Angeles just made the commitment it did. When healthy — which he has been most of his career until the past two seasons — Tucker has been one of the best 10 players in baseball. He sure looks like someone who will be back to that level again in 2026.
You might remember this guy being heroic, almost otherworldly, in the World Series (earning MVP honors), but it’s not like he just showed up in October. He was third in NL Cy Young Award voting last year, too. Yamamoto’s walk rate was up a bit last year, but he made up for it by allowing the Majors’ lowest rate of hits per nine innings (5.9). If he’s healthy all year, the 20-win mark is absolutely on the table.
Betts had a rough year in 2025, no question about it. It was the worst year of his career, one that got off to a difficult start with health issues and never quite got back on track. He still ended up with an above-average offensive season, won his fourth World Series title and was 12th in the National League in bWAR. Everything points to a rebound year for Mookie in 2026, and, all told, it was strange having an All-Star Game without him last year. Other than 2020, when there was no game, it was his first non-All-Star season since 2015.
Fun fact: Freddie’s numbers during his four seasons with Los Angeles are higher than his numbers during his 12 seasons with Atlanta, pretty much across the board. We should all ease into our thirties so easily! He’s now 36, and you’d think he’d be slowing down some soon. But we’ve all thought that for a couple of years now, and on he keeps going.
When the Hall of Fame case is eventually made for Snell — and there’s more of a case than you might think — the fact that he has made only one All-Star Game (2018), nearly a decade ago, will surely be mentioned. A lot of that is health and timing, but it’s still pretty wild that Snell has more Cy Young Awards (two) than All-Star appearances. We saw in the postseason what he’s like when he’s healthy: He may be the most purely unhittable pitcher in the sport.
I’m not sure there’s a better case to be made for Dodgers supremacy than the fact that Smith, perhaps the best catcher in the game, a guy who had a .404 OBP last season, could be the seventh-best player on a team. Health will always be an issue, but he remains the most underappreciated player on this team, and maybe in all of baseball.
8. RP Edwin Díaz
All-Star selections: 3 (2018, ‘22, ‘25)
That Díaz’s three All-Star appearances have each been separated by a few years makes a certain amount of sense: He has always been a pitcher of extremes. That the Dodgers went out and got him is a sign of their trust in him … and their need for him.
9. 3B Max Muncy
All-Star selections: 2 (2019, ‘21)
Muncy has been a mainstay of the Dodgers for so long that you forget he started his career (poorly, it should be said) with the A’s: He was already 27 when he came to the Dodgers. That’s why he’s older (35) than you probably think, but even as he ages, he remains productive. His .376 OBP was third on the team in 2025.
The Dodgers have gotten what they paid for when they brought in Glasnow, who does terrific work when he pitches. Of course, he’s not always all that available to pitch. There were all sorts of rumors that he might be traded this offseason, but he looks ready to be a part of Los Angeles’ six-man rotation, which is yet another attempt to keep him healthy. Either way, when he’s on the mound, he’ll be good.
Hernández felt like a luxury item for the Dodgers when they signed him, but he has proven invaluable, especially in the postseason. His numbers were down quite a bit in 2025, but he’ll have less pressure to produce with Tucker around, and shifting from right field to left could be a good thing defensively.
Scott’s lone All-Star appearance is probably more a result of being the best Marlins player that particular season, but no matter: He has been good enough throughout his career to earn that status at some point. That year wasn’t 2025, though: The Dodgers need him to be better in 2026.
Treinen was, all told, pretty miserable in 2025, though he did escape from a couple of jams in the postseason. In the final year of his two-year contract, he’ll have to be a lot better in 2026 than he was in ’25 to get another one.
