MLB Insider Names One Team Who Can Take Down Dodgers

ESPN’s Buster Olney named the New York Mets as potentially the biggest threat to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2026.

The Mets have had a busy offseason — overhauling nearly their entire core — and added plenty of All-Star talent to replace Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz, who left this winter.

“Maybe more than any other high-dollar contender, the possible outcomes for the Mets cover a wide range,” Olney wrote. “If Bo Bichette hits, if Luis Robert stays on the field, if Freddy Peralta makes 30-plus starts, if the corner infielders adapt to their new positions, if Nolan McLean continues to pitch as well as he did at the end of last year … if all of that goes well, this could be a really, really good…