Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/26/26

The Los Angeles Dodgers haven’t had many holes in their lineup in their back-to-back World Series victories, and just when you thought their depth was too outrageous, they added top free agent Kyle Tucker. The outfielder has been an all-star in 4 consecutive seasons and has also won two Silver Slugger Awards and a Gold Glove. Any offense that has Andy Pages and Will Smith as footnotes when talking about them is probably going to have a good chance of 3-peating, since we haven’t even talked about Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman.

The Dodgers won’t send a slouch to the mound, either, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned his chance to get the Opening Day start by absolutely dominating the Toronto Blue Jays in a World Series that might’ve gotten a bit too close for comfort for the Dodgers and led them to add some more big-name free agents in the offseason. The Diamondbacks will counter with Zac Gallen, who had a less-than-inspiring 13-15 record with a 4.83 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP last season. He didn’t do anything to make the  Diamondbacks feel more comfortable in spring training, owning a 1.78 WHIP and a 7.59 ERA.

Strong hitters in spring training can sometimes be a bit overblown with the quality of pitchers they are facing, but the opposite is true for pitchers — as Gallen was mostly getting favorable matchups in his 10 innings and still struggled. The Dodgers could have a field day with him on Thursday night. The MLB record for wins in a season is 116, set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs and the 2001 Seattle Mariners. If this Dodgers team doesn’t come close to breaking that record, then no team ever will.

Diamondbacks vs Dodgers prediction: Los Angeles -1.5 (-120) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.