This winter, it’s a busy offseason as the dominant World Series champions have been working to improve their roster Blake Snell and Tanner Scott At the same time, I also received services from the 23-year-old phenomenon Roki Sasaki In international free agents. The frustration of fans in the game led Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to object to some fans’ claims that the Dodgers and their active spending are “destroying” baseball.
For all the work the Dodgers have done this winter, a major puzzle remains unfinished: Extension of the Long-term Manager Dave Roberts. Roberts’ contract expires after the 2025 season and the club’s front desk officials made it clear that they intend to keep their experienced captains after the current contract ends. Roberts revealed during a baseball podcast with ESPN’s nemesis Buster Olney that both sides “just started talking” the extension, and although his main focus was on the start of spring training, he suggested he hoped Conclude a deal.
“I hope everything takes care of myself,” Roberts said on the podcast. “But it’s about value. I love this organization, but yes, you want to feel your value. Absolutely.”
It is hard to deny Roberts’ worth to the organization. He has been at the helm of two World Series titles since taking over as captain before the 2016 season, with his Dodgers taking two more World Series trips in 2017 and 2018. Meanwhile, they dominate the regular season. His entire tenure at the club: Since Roberts took over as manager in Los Angeles, the club’s manager has released an incredible 851-705 record. His .627 career win as a major league manager (which also includes a game with Padres in 2015) is the best of those with at least 1,000 MLB games, and he is in the top five in the NL Both won the Manager of the Year award for seven votes throughout his career, including a 2016 victory and a second place in 2017 and 2022.
Roberts wants to “feel [his] Given the value of his next contract, it is not surprising given the recovery, and the salary trends for managers around the game have risen recently. Last offseason, the long-term brewing captain Craig Counsell Enter free agent after no contract extension is signed before or during the 2023 season. Once in free agent, Cusel was proposed by many clubs and eventually landed with the Cubs to guarantee him a record 40mm record $40mm in five years.
This deal makes Counsell the highest-paid manager in the game and sets the stage for a good Red Sox manager Alex Cora Going into the 2024 season without extension. Cora ended up in a three-year contract with the club, which secured him about 21.75mm in July, a deal that appears to cement the market for the game’s top manager in the 7-8mm range each year. Roberts’ decorations are more decorative than Cora or Counsell as managers, and although there are currently no specific details surrounding the negotiations, it is hoped that Roberts will seek a deal that falls within at least that range. It seems reasonable.
In theory, Roberts is likely to follow in Cora and even Counsell’s footsteps and insist on signing the extension until later in the 2024 season, and even until he arrives at free agent this winter, given the Dodgers’ versus The comfort of high-priced spending and on both sides of the negotiations suggests that Roberts staying in this area is the preferred result, and it seems that both sides are more likely to be able to reach a deal, perhaps even starting the 2025 season against the Cubs. moon.
