Up until this year, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had become a bit of a scapegoat for the organization’s inability to win a World Series since 1988.
Roberts’ regular-season winning percentage since taking over as manager in 2016 is the best in franchise history, but his questionable decisions in October helped lead to the team’s demise every year.
That changed this past season with the Dodgers finally breaking through and winning it all. This time around, Roberts made some key decisions that worked out such as going to Julio Urias to close out both the National League Championship Series and World Series, establishing himself as a championship manager.