Following the celebrations and parades, and within the midst of the Dodgers persevering with to improve their workforce within the low season, the query of when supervisor Dave Roberts could be given a brand new contract continued to loom. Regardless of that, it additionally by no means felt like there was a lot menace that possession or the entrance workplace would let him go into the 2025 season with none ensures past that, and certain sufficient the 2 sides have simply agreed on a record-breaking four-year, $32.4 million deal.
Sources affirm to me and @FabianArdaya: Dodgers in settlement with Dave Roberts on four-year deal for greater than $8M per season, a report common annual worth for a supervisor. First: @JonHeyman
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 10, 2025
Previous to this contract, Craig Counsell‘s five-year, $40 million cope with the Cubs set information for each common annual worth and whole assure. Now the previous report belongs to Roberts, and deservedly so contemplating his resume.
Dave was employed in 2016, and within the 9 years since he has a .627 profitable proportion, the best in MLB historical past. He additionally has two World Collection (and will have three), 4 NL pennants, eight NL West crowns, and a Supervisor Of The Yr Award, already making him one of the crucial completed managers ever. His 57 postseason wins are solely surpassed by Bruce Bochy amongst lively managers, and is already sixth all-time. It’s a Corridor Of Fame resume regardless of lower than a decade accountable for a workforce. Exceptional stuff.
After all, an enormous a part of Dave’s success is owed to the entrance workplace and the gamers, however finally he’s the one accountable for creating the clubhouse tradition that has drawn effusive reward from present and former gamers alike. He’s additionally the one who has taken the blame with out criticism through the years when the entrance workplace has left him with a flawed workforce and/or his gamers merely didn’t execute. And whereas he’s been closely criticized up to now for his in-game administration (and understandably so), Dave has additionally made plenty of progress on this space, as proven by a near-flawless 2024 playoffs masterclass on the best way to the title.
In the long run, preserving the continuity going is a no brainer of a call for the Dodgers, and it was solely a matter of time earlier than this received accomplished. However fortunately it’s certainly now official so there’s no potential for any distraction, and it leaves Dave being valued as he must be.
Dave Roberts Seed Peg pic.twitter.com/B8GuE48KbP
— Mad Choriyama (@MadChoriyama) June 16, 2024
