The Los Angeles Dodgers and their longtime supervisor Dave Roberts are closing in on a contract extension that can preserve him in Los Angeles by 2029, in accordance with the New York Publish and The Athletic. Roberts is predicted to earn barely greater than $8 million per yr, or $32.4 million throughout 4 years. An official announcement is predicted throughout the coming days.

Roberts, 52, has accomplished 9 seasons as Dodgers supervisor, and he is loved an elite degree of success over that span. Throughout these 9 seasons, Roberts has guided the Dodgers to a cumulative report of 851-506, 9 postseason appearances, eight division titles, 5 100-win seasons, 4 pennants, and, in fact, two World Sequence titles — one within the abbreviated 2020 season and one final yr. 

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Roberts’ profitable proportion of .627 is tops all-time amongst those that have managed not less than 1,000 video games in MLB. As properly, he ranks twelfth all-time in most video games over .500 (344 and counting), and his 56 postseason wins rank sixth all-time. 

Talking of that 2025 season, the Dodgers and their star-laden roster will probably be angling to turn into the primary repeat champion in MLB because the 1999-2000 New York Yankees. On the identical time, Roberts will attempt to turn into the eleventh supervisor ever to win not less than three World Sequence titles. The Dodgers are coming off a winter that noticed them signal Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, and Michael Conforto, whereas retaining Blake Treinen, Clayton Kershaw, and Teoscar Hernández.

The Dodgers will kick off MLB’s common season subsequent week after they meet the Chicago Cubs for the Tokyo Sequence, a two-game set held in Japan. It will mark the second consecutive yr the Dodgers have begun the season abroad.