The Dodgers are still one of only two teams to have held the No. 1 spot in ’s 2026 MLB Power Rankings, and they have not dropped below No. 2 all season. More than two months into the year, that kind of steadiness is the point.
That is also why Andy Pages has become part of the conversation. He began the season hitting eighth, then on Tuesday was parked in the No. 2 spot between Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, a clear sign of how quickly his role has grown.
Pages has been described as the most valuable Dodgers player outside of Ohtani, and that is not just because of what he has done with the bat. He had flashed 30/30 potential before his offense went south last year, then was benched in the postseason before delivering a miraculous catch in Game 7 of the World Series that helped save the Dodgers’ championship hopes.
That context matters because the rankings piece is really about sustained quality, not one hot week. The Dodgers and Braves have been the only teams to reach No. 1 so far, and the top of the list has started to settle into a more consistent shape as the calendar has moved past Memorial Day. For Los Angeles, the message is that the first-place conversation has not been a one-off.
The friction is that the lineup move came while Mookie Betts was slumping, which makes Pages’ rise feel less like a reward than a forced answer. The Dodgers did not need another star to prove they were good; they needed someone to keep the top of the order from stalling, and Pages has been the player pushing into that space while Betts searched for form.
What comes next is the part nobody can pin down yet. The Dodgers may regain the No. 1 ranking, or they may keep living in that narrow band just behind it. Pages, meanwhile, has already moved from the eighth spot to the middle of the order, and the question now is not whether he belongs in the picture. It is how long the picture keeps looking like this.
