LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers starters Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tarik Skubal were honored for their strong efforts in 2026 by being named to the All-MLB Second Team, which was announced during The MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
Skubal has received three straight All-MLB nods, and Yamamoto has been honored in back-to-back years.
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The All-MLB Awards were created in 2019 as a means of recognizing players' performances across a full regular season, a complement to All-Star selections, which only take into account the first half. The best players at every position are named to the First and Second Teams, as voted on by fans and a panel of experts.
In addition to Skubal and Yamamoto, six other Dodgers were on the All-MLB Teams ballot: first baseman Freddie Freeman, shortstop Mookie Betts, third baseman Max Muncy, designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, center fielder Andy Pages and reliever Tanner Scott.
Coming off back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards, Skubal put together an excellent walk year -- even while losing six weeks after having surgery to remove a loose body from his left elbow. He went 12-7 with a 2.72 ERA across 26 starts with the Tigers and the Dodgers, punching out 186 batters while walking just 27 across 158 2/3 innings.
The crown jewel of the last Trade Deadline, Skubal is the consensus top free agent on the market this offseason.
Yamamoto was steady as ever as the Dodgers' ace, going 14-9 with a 2.53 ERA in 28 starts. Among qualified starters, only the Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski -- the unanimous NL Cy Young Award winner -- had a lower WHIP (0.80) than Yamamoto's 0.87. Opponents hit just .182 against Yamamoto, the third-lowest mark in the Majors behind Misiorowski (.157) and the Blue Jays' Dylan Cease (.180).
For a Dodgers rotation that was hit hard by injuries, Yamamoto was the anchor, not missing a start all season. He and Skubal were quite the 1-2 punch in Dodger blue, and a reunion atop the rotation could be possible depending on how Skubal's free agency plays out.