LOS ANGELES — Run it back.

It’s an easy applause line at a victory parade and rally . But players have free will and can sign elsewhere if they reach free agency. Bringing back a largely-unchanged roster can be problematic anyway. There are no guarantees that the same roster has the same alchemy a year later.

The Dodgers do have a largely stable roster as the offseason begins. Here’s a look at what they have to work with this winter.

UNDER CONTRACT (with 2026 salary)

• DH/SP Shohei Ohtani, signed through 2033 ($2 million, plus deferred money) – Ohtani isn’t going anywhere … except to New York in January to collect his fourth MVP award .

• SS Mookie Betts, signed through 2032 ($25 million, plus deferred money) – Betts had his worst offensive season, but he gets a year’s grace

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