The Dodgers have a lot of questions to answer this offseason. Who will play shortstop for Los Angeles next year? Who will play center field? Who will be in their starting rotation?
But even with all those questions, the Dodgers — as they stand right now — are projected to win the National League West again in 2023. Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs put out his first ZiPS projections, and while he acknowledges that the projections are extremely premature and “guaranteed to be awful,” L.A.’s ranking underscores the strength of their farm system and their ability to fill their holes on the big-league roster with internal options if they so choose.