Walter keeping Dodgers 'no matter what' amid ongoing federal probe

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  Alden GonzalezOct 28, 2026, 03:03 PM ET

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  ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, making his first public comments since a federal investigation into his business empire put the team's future in question, said he's "keeping the team, no matter what."

"We're going to be winning for 10 years or more," Walter, 66, told the California Post in an interview published Tuesday. "I think our commitment to do so will be just like it has been in the past. I think our commitment to do so will be just like it has been in the past. And, you know, we don't win every year, but we're going to try to."

Walter, who purchased the club in 2012, has been under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and the Securities and Exchange Commission since last year, following a whistleblower complaint regarding alleged misrepresented loans made between companies within his portfolio.

Weeks after the probe became public in July, Walter shockingly sold his stake in the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers to venture capitalist Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger for a $12.5 billion valuation, further ratcheting speculation he might also sell the Dodgers in an attempt to attain more liquidity and satisfy regulators.

He also sold his stake in Chelsea Football Club and is reportedly also looking to part with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, though he did not comment on the latter possibility to the Post.

Walter told the Post it was "not appropriate for me to comment" on the probe into his insurance companies -- Delaware Life and Clear Springs Life and Annuity -- but said the sale of the Lakers had "nothing to do with the Dodgers at all."

His comments echoed what has previously been stated by Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. In the wake of the Dodgers' sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, Friedman said his conversations with Walter have been "business as usual."

"We talked to Mark after we lost," Friedman said last week, "and he was obviously really disappointed. But so much of his focus was on, 'OK, what can we do? What are our plans? What are our thoughts for the offseason?' And our brains weren't quite there yet, but so much of his focus was, 'How do we put ourselves in the best position to win in '27?'"

The Dodgers fell eight wins short of their quest to become the first NL team to win three consecutive championships in 2026, but Walter told the Post he hopes fans "can look forward to winning another World Series next year under my ownership."

"I think we're just trying to win consistently," Walter said. "And do so for not just next season, but for the next decade and decades beyond that."