The Dodgers won 106 games in 2021, matching a franchise best set in 2019. Moreover, it was LA’s third 100-plus win season in five years. Dave Roberts has been the manager in each of those seasons, recording a .622 winning percentage in his six years at the helm for the Dodgers.
In short, Roberts is — by all accounts good — at his job. However, he’s entering the final year of a four-year extension signed after the 2018 season. In his business, they call that a lame duck manager.
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At this week’s GM meetings in Carlsbad, CA, LA’s president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman, discussed, among other things, the status of Dave Roberts.