Dodgers News Recap — November 3, 2026
Published: November 4, 2026 8:00 AM UTC
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The Dodgers made two significant front office moves, began meetings with Japanese prospect Shoki Oda, and stayed quiet on the transaction front while the rest of baseball moved decisively. It’s a mixed picture heading into a critical offseason—structural reorganization happening upstairs, promising young talent in development, and questions about whether we’re moving fast enough on roster construction.
Perry Named COO; Cohen Promoted
CONFIRMEDThe Dodgers named Caroline Perry as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective November 30, while promoting Royce Cohen to executive vice president and chief business officer, per staff at Dodger Blue. Perry comes from the San Diego Padres, where she served as COO since January 2023. Her hire fills the operational leadership vacancy left by Bob Wolfe’s retirement and signals that Andrew Friedman is restructuring front office leadership to cleanly separate operations from business functions.
Perry brings substantial baseball operations experience and an immediate understanding of how to manage complex organizational systems at the major league level. Her appointment validates that Friedman values her track record managing budgetary constraints and departmental coordination. Cohen’s elevation to chief business officer reflects a deliberate organizational decision to elevate business operations—sponsorships, stadium operations, corporate partnerships, revenue generation—into a distinct executive-level priority. Whether this restructured leadership translates into seamless coordination during our compressed offseason remains to be seen, but the timing frames organizational commitment to stable front office management when we need to negotiate with Tarik Skubal, handle arbitration decisions on Andy Pages and Brock Stewart, and construct a competitive 2027 roster.
Source(s): Staff at Dodger Blue | First reported: November 3, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC
Dodgers Stay Quiet While League Moves
CONFIRMEDMLB roster cleanup is underway across baseball, but the Dodgers have yet to make any moves, per Eric Stephen at Yahoo Sports. Other organizations are already processing offseason transactions and roster construction decisions while we remain silent on the transaction front. That inactivity is worth watching because it comes precisely when the free agency market is accelerating and when early movement can set the competitive tone for the offseason.
I understand Perry’s transition doesn’t take effect until November 30th, and there may be legitimate operational reasons for moving deliberately. But we can’t use front office reorganization as an excuse for passivity. We need to resolve arbitration decisions on Andy Pages, Brock Stewart, and other contributors. We need to communicate with Tarik Skubal about our retention intentions. We need to evaluate potential trades and free agency targets. Our collapse to the Brewers in the NLCS proved we’re vulnerable, and roster construction must address those vulnerabilities decisively. Sitting idle while competitors position themselves ahead of us in pursuit of available talent is exactly how championship windows close quietly.
Source(s): Eric Stephen at Yahoo Sports | First reported: November 3, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC
Dodgers Meet With Oda After Posting
RUMORThe Los Angeles Dodgers are among multiple MLB teams scheduled to meet with Japanese phenom Shoki Oda over the next two weeks following his posting to MLB, per David Vassegh at AM 570 L.A. Sports Radio. The 18-year-old high school pitcher skipped the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft entirely and positioned himself to pursue an MLB contract directly through posting—an unusual move for a young Japanese player and a signal of genuine confidence in his abilities to compete at professional baseball’s highest levels.
Oda represents the type of elite young international talent capable of providing long-term transformational value. At 18 years old, he possesses the kind of rare arm talent and competitive mentality that translates to genuine MLB projection despite his youth and lack of professional experience. Whether he can translate amateur success into legitimate Major League production depends entirely on how quickly he adapts to MLB-caliber velocity, precision, and hitter tactics. But our front office’s inclusion in these meetings reflects organizational commitment to evaluating young international talent as a component of long-term championship infrastructure. We can’t rely exclusively on aging veterans when 2027 championship construction demands fresh talent pipeline integration. If we retain Tarik Skubal, our rotation stabilizes. If we don’t, we need young arms developing in our system capable of contributing when opportunity arrives.
Source(s): David Vassegh at AM 570 L.A. Sports Radio | First reported: November 3, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC
Walcott, Miller Excelling in Arizona Fall League
CONFIRMEDDodgers prospects Sebastian Walcott and Aidan Miller are standing out in the Arizona Fall League, drawing comparisons to elite prospect trajectories that produced superstars like Bryce Harper and Mike Trout, per staff at MLB.com. Their sustained strong performance validates that our prospect pipeline continues producing young talent capable of executing at competitive levels. The Harper and Trout comparisons carry weight because they position both players exactly where elite prospect evaluation recognizes potential for transformational Major League contribution when development intersects with elite physical tools and competitive mentality.
Our NLCS collapse partly exposed our reliance on aging veterans without sufficient young talent integration. Championship construction for 2027 depends partly on whether we successfully develop emerging prospects into reliable contributors. Walcott and Miller represent exactly that type of investment—young prospects with elite-level potential who could eventually develop into rotation or position player anchors when our front office decides their readiness merits big league opportunity. Their continued fall league performance validates that our organizational commitment to prospect development translates into sustained competitive execution. We need fresh contributor integration alongside our core veterans when championship necessity demands sustained success across multiple competitive seasons.
Source(s): Staff at MLB.com | First reported: November 3, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC
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