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Dodgers: Dave Roberts wants Justin Turner to be manager someday

Justin Turner and Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images)

Who will be the next manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers? Dave Roberts thinks it should be third baseman Justin Turner.

Whenever Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts leaves the franchise, whether on his own accord, or someone else’s, he would like to see third baseman Justin Turner take over the reins in the dugout.

Turner revealed on a recent Off Air podcast with Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser that Roberts is constantly telling him that he should become Dodgers manager when his playing days are over.