Lots of Dodger fans are blaming Dave Roberts for using Blake Treinen when Blake has not been successful. They genuinely believe that Roberts is a moron for repeatedly running Treinen out there. I want to make one thing perfectly clear: Dave Roberts is the Game Manager, but he is not the ultimate decision-maker—baseball has changed from the days when Leo Durocher, Casey Stengel, Walter Alston, and Sparky Anderson were managers.
Dave Roberts is part of a management team that includes Andrew Friedman, Brandon Gomes, Josh Byrnes, Jeffery Kingston, Alex Slater, David Finley, Galen Carr, Will Rhymes, and others like Ron Roenicke, Chase Utley, Denny Lehman, Bob Geren, Mark Prior, Conner McGinnis, Rob Hill, and Jose Vizcaino… among others.