After two years of early overseas trips and truncated Cactus League schedules, the Dodgers are back to a full-fledged relatively normal spring training this season, with four and a half weeks of games in preparation for the regular season.
The one small wrench into the plans is the World Baseball Classic, with over a handful of players taking a break mid-camp to play for their countries. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will make one more start for the Dodgers on Friday before heading to Tokyo. Shohei Ohtani will also head to Japan at some point this week.
Besides Ohtani, the other Dodgers position players slated for WBC play are Hyeseong Kim, who will also head overseas for pool play with Korea, and catcher Will Smith for Team USA.
We can look back to 2023 for a similar spring training for the Dodgers, though a more robust contingent that year took part in the WBC. Still, the full spring schedule coupled with some stars taking time away led to loads of playing opportunities for others still in camp. The same holds true this spring for the Dodgers, with now 77 players in big league camp after outfielder Jack Suwinski was claimed off waivers on Saturday.
Looking back to 2023, here were the Dodgers leaders in spring training games played:
- OF Drew Avans 24
- IF Luke Williams 24
- OF James Outman 23
- OF Bradley Zimmer 21
- IF Devin Mann 20 (tied with Ryan Ward and three others)
Of those six players mentioned, only Outman was on the 40-man roster.
Today’s question is which player will lead the Dodgers in games played during 2026 spring training? If you need a refresher on available players, here is the 40-man roster and the list of non-roster invitees.