With Don Mattingly and the Dodgers parting ways last month, the team has reportedly found his successor.
It was expected the Dodgers would fill their vacant manager position by Monday, with Gabe Kapler and Dave Roberts the final reported candidates. According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, Roberts will be the new man in charge next season.
Roberts had a 10-year major league career, playing for the Indians, Dodgers, Red Sox, Padres, and Giants. Since then, he’s served as a coach for the Padres since 2011. Roberts will be tasked with succeeding with a payroll among the highest in Major League Baseball and a roster certainly not void of talent, even if Zack Greinke signs elsewhere as a free agent.
Los Angeles has won the National League West three consecutive seasons and has won 90+ games in each of them. However, in the playoffs, they have failed to advance past the division series the past two years, a hump the Dodgers will hope Roberts can guide them over.
