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9 Dodgers Who Won't Return for World Series Champs in 2025

The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champs, but they won't be able to keep their entire roster together as they pursue a repeat in 2025.

By Jason Schandl, Joe Summers

Oct 27, 2024; New York, NY, USA;Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler speaks at a press conference prior to game three of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankees Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images
Oct 27, 2024; New York, NY, USA;Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler speaks at a press conference prior to game three of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankees Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-Imagn Images / John Jones-Imagn Images
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After falling short of preseason expectations for the last couple of years, the Los Angeles Dodgers didn't disappoint anyone (except maybe New York Yankees fans) in 2024. The team turned in its lowest full-season regular season win total since 2018, but it left no doubts in the postseason en route to winning its second World Series in the last five years.

While there's still some time to celebrate the win, and the parade hasn't even happened yet, there's no time to rest on your laurels in baseball. The offseason is now officially here, and there are 29 teams with their eyes on the Dodgers now. And while this team has no trouble attracting top-end talent, you can't always have everyone you want on the roster.

Here are nine Dodgers who may not be back when the World Series champs pursue a repeat in 2025.

1. Walker Buehler

Sad as it is, this one's starting to feel like a foregone conclusion. Walker Buehler is not the ace he was back in 2021. Injury issues left him posting a 5.38 ERA across 16 starts in 2024, and most of his underlying metrics (5.54 FIP, 4.49 xFIP, career low velocity on his fastball) show that it was just a fluky stretch of struggles.

We'll talk plenty about pitching as I go on with some more names on this list, but the Dodgers have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to options for their 2025 starting rotation — even before we consider the free agents they could decide to be in on.

Even if Buehler decided to take a massively club-friendly deal, it's hard to imagine the Dodgers deciding he's worth a roster spot next season. At least we're sending him away with another World Series win.

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