{"id":2579,"date":"2026-06-01T01:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:57:41","slug":"los-angeles-dodgers-3-players-that-are-under-performing-so-far-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/sports-media\/los-angeles-dodgers-3-players-that-are-under-performing-so-far-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 players that are under-performing so far in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> are 38-21 on the season following their 9-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> on Sunday. Due to the San Diego Padres<\/a> losing their second straight game, Los Angeles now leads the National League West Division by a comfortable 5.5 games.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the defending World Series Champions have, once again, established themselves as the standard in Major League Baseball<\/a>. They have obviously received great production from numerous position players and pitchers as they have worked hard all year to get to this point.<\/p>\n

However, there are multiple Dodgers players that have not lived up to expectations.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Dodgers free agent addition: Kyle Tucker<\/h2>\n

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As has become one of their signatures, Los Angeles paid a massive amount of money to sign one of the biggest names in free agency this past off-season. They inked right fielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> to a four-year $240 million, a deal that had fans of many other fan bases upset.<\/p>\n

Tucker, though, has not lived up to the contract. At least, not yet. As of this writing, he is hitting just .242\/.338\/.391 with four home runs and 27 RBI.<\/p>\n

Last season, he had hit .266\/.377\/.464 with 22 home runs and 73 RBI for the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts<\/h2>\n

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There may not be a superstar in Major League Baseball who is struggling more than Los Angeles shortstop Mookie Betts<\/a>. In his first six seasons with the Dodgers, Betts hit .278\/.363\/.505 and averaged 33 home runs and 97 RBI per 162 games.<\/p>\n

This season, though, he is having an absolute abysmal time at the plate. Currently, Betts is hitting .194\/.259\/.408 with six home runs and 16 RBI (in 24 games played).<\/p>\n

Needless to say, Los Angeles is hoping he can turn it around at the plate because that kind of slash line is not acceptable over the course of a full season.<\/p>\n

Starting pitcher Roki Sasaki<\/h2>\n

As a whole, the Dodgers boast one of the best pitching staffs in all Major League Baseball. Up to this part of the season, though, Roki Sasaki<\/a> has been their weakest link.<\/p>\n

A second-year pitcher out of Japan, Los Angeles had hoped that Sasaki would take some steps forward in 2026. Unfortunately, he has not done so yet.<\/p>\n

Through his first 10 starts, Sasaki is 3-3 with a 4.59 ERA. While fellow Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan has a higher ERA (4.79), Sasaski has allowed more home runs (10 compared to nine), walked more batters (19 compared to 14), and has struck out few batters (50 compared to 59).<\/p>\n

Still just 24 years old, Sasaki has a great more to learn and has more to develop, but being on such a high-profile team has put his struggles under the microscope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Dodgers are 38-21 on the season following their 9-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. Due to the San Diego Padres losing their second straight game, Los Angeles now leads the National League West Division by a comfortable 5.5 games. Indeed, the defending World Series Champions have, once again, established themselves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5799,"featured_media":2580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[238,264],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-media","category-news","tag-mlb"],"modified_by":"Robin Adams","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}