Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages struggled in the 2025 postseason, making headlines for his poor performance, and his 2026 postseason so far hasn’t unfolded much differently.
The outfielder is ordinarily a key producer for the Dodgers, and had a fantastic season in 2025 prior to his October breakdown. He hit 27 homers last year, good for second on the team behind Shohei Ohtani, and drove in 86 runs with a .774 OPS.
Pages played in 16 games last postseason, stepping up to the plate 55 times, and logged just four hits throughout the entirety of the postseason for a .078/.113/.098 slash line and a .211 OPS.
Now, through two games, his struggles are resurfacing.
What Has Andy Pages Done in the Playoffs This Year?
Through his two postseason games so far, Pages is hitless with one walk in eight plate appearances with four strikeouts. The strikeouts are the most worrying part of Pages’ performances so far this postseason, as he doesn’t ordinarily go down on strikes this often.
On the year, Pages’ strikeout rate sat at 19.7%, which is above league average and better than seasons past. Additionally, his whiff rate sits at 22.1%, also above league average. In his small sample size this postseason, though, both numbers are well above his yearly average with a 50% strikeout rate and a whiff rate of 36.4%.
Three of his four strikeouts came during the first game of the series, swinging and missing to record the last strike twice while watching strike three fly over the plate before wasting a challenge in the other. After Game 1, manager Dave Roberts revealed the Dodgers took away Pages’ green light to challenge.
“We talked a lot this year about Andy’s success rate or lack thereof, and I didn’t revisit it before Game 1, so that’s my fault,” Roberts said to the media, including Dodgers Nation, ahead of Game 2 on Sunday. “I did have a conversation today, so we’ve managed that one going forward.”
He also lined out in the first game of the series, hitting a ball 96.5 mph to center with a favorable launch angle—a promising sight given his struggles.
Pages yielded better results in the second game of the series, though not by much. He struck out for the fourth time this postseason in the second inning, but followed that up with a walk. In his final two at-bats of the game, he grounded out to either side of the middle infield.
The first-time All-Star ordinarily had solid quality of contact over the course of the season, and will hope to find his regular season form as the Dodgers make their three-peat push.
What Options Do the Dodgers Have to Replace Pages if His Struggles Continue?
The Dodgers aren’t likely to move away from Pages during this postseason, but if worst comes to worst, they have options to put in center over him. Tommy Edman is fully healthy and more than capable of manning the role, as is Hyeseong Kim.
Josue De Paula is also with the team at the moment, and could push a corner outfielder into center field if the Dodgers want to give him a game.
The Dodgers will hope they won’t have to do that, though, as Pages is a key player for them both on offense and defense. His next opportunity to break out of his small slump comes in Game 3 of the NLDS on Tuesday against Chris Sale.
