Mark Walter Won't Sell Dodgers 'No Matter What' After Lakers Sale, Reiterates Commitment to Winning

While he has divested himself from a big chunk of his sports portfolio, Mark Walter has no plans to sell his stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"We're going to keep the team no matter what," he told the California Post's Jack Harris. "We're going to be winning for 10 years or more. 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."

In August, Walter brokered a deal to sell the Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion after having purchased the franchise from the Buss family less than a year earlier. His brief spell in charge raised bigger questions about his ownership stakes elsewhere.

Dodgers president Stan Kasten quickly reiterated the team wasn't for sale.

Walter did, however, cash in on his investment in Premier League club Chelsea, and Bloomberg's Randall Williams, Sridhar Natarajan, and Lucas Shaw reported last week the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks could be next.

Walter declined to comment on that report in his interview with Harris.

The 66-year-old was part of the ownership group (Guggenheim Baseball Management) that purchased the Dodgers in 2012 from Frank McCourt. The team has since enjoyed its longest sustained spell of success ever.

Los Angeles stretched its playoff streak to 14 seasons in 2026 and has three World Series titles during the Guggenheim Baseball Management. The Dodgers have perfected the team-building blueprint, combining big payrolls with elite player development.

Some cracks might be starting to emerge, though. Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Will Smith are all on the wrong side of 30. Signing Kyle Tucker and Edwin Diaz look like an expensive mistakes.

Every dynasty ends at some point. The Dodgers aren't there yet, but they look as mortal as they have in a long time.

An ownership change would present a big variable to the franchise at an inopportune time.