With the 2026 MLB common season getting into its fourth week, this is a take a look at how a handful of former Los Angeles Dodgers in new locations are doing with their present groups across the league.
Michael Conforto, Chicago Cubs
Conforto, who gave the Dodgers -0.7 bWAR final season in change for his or her $17 million funding, is off to a significantly better begin in his first season with the Cubs.
Through Wednesday, Conforto had a .273/.429/.364 slash line as a backup nook outfielder. It’s a small pattern dimension (28 plate appearances), but when Conforto can sustain his plate self-discipline (six walks), it may assist lengthen the 33-year-old’s profession longer than it appeared he may a yr in the past with the Dodgers.
James Outman, Minnesota Twins
Outman was the No. 3 vote-getter in the 2023 NL Rookie of the Year race because the Dodgers’ on a regular basis heart fielder. Since enjoying 151 video games that season, he is solely appeared in a complete of 127 main league video games with the Dodgers and Twins, spending most of his time on the bench or in Triple-Some time batting .132 in the majors.
Outman won’t be including to these totals for for much longer. In 15 video games with the Twins, he is nonetheless on the lookout for his first hit of 2026. Outman is 0-for-18 with two walks and 10 strikeouts.
Outman is out of minor league choices, making him a powerful candidate to be designated for project if he does not begin hitting quickly.
Anthony Banda, Twins
Banda was designated for project by the Dodgers this spring in a shock transfer. They finally traded him to the Twins, the place he is struggled early this season.
Banda has made 9 appearances, sporting a ten.38 ERA over 8.2 innings. It’s a far cry from the three.18 ERA he had throughout 71 appearances final yr, and the three.08 ERA he had over 48 appearances in 2024.
Dustin May, St. Louis Cardinals
May, 28, will ceaselessly be remembered for serving to the Dodgers win the 2020 World Series — and fetching James Tibbs III and Zach Ehrhard in a deadline commerce with the Boston Red Sox final summer time.
May will not be remembered for his six video games in Boston on the finish of final season — he went 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA for the Red Sox — and is already off to a forgettable begin to 2026 in St. Louis.
In 4 begins for the Cardinals, May is 2-2 with a 6.98 ERA. He’s restricted house runs and walks whereas putting out 15 batters in 19.1 innings, and his 3.88 FIP would possibly give him some rope.
But if May cannot restrict opposing hitters’ contact (27 hits), the Cardinals may need little selection however to ship him to the bullpen — the identical destiny he was going through final yr in Los Angeles.
Tony Gonsolin, Free Agent
Gonsolin elected free company on Nov. 12, 2025 when he misplaced his 40-man roster spot. He wasn’t going to pitch for the Dodgers or anybody any time quickly after present process season-ending elbow surgery final August.
He stays a free agent.
Michael Kopech, Free Agent
Kopech was a worthwhile reliever for the Dodgers final yr when he was wholesome, permitting solely six hits and three runs throughout 11 innings whereas putting out 13 batters. But he spent most of 2025 on the injured record with a knee problem, and remains unsigned as a free agent.
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