Should the Dodgers Fire Dave Roberts? LA Fans Weigh In
The Los Angeles Dodgers disappointed their fan base with their early exit from the NLDS against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Many frustrated Dodger fans want the Dodgers to fire Dave Roberts. Thankfully, they won’t, but here's what some of those Dodger fans had to say.
Roberts has led the Dodgers to the postseason every year since he took over for Don Mattingly in 2016. He can work with the front office, which is analytics-driven. Many managers won’t.
He has the highest winning percentage among active managers, and three times, Roberts led the Dodgers to three World Series. He won the first world championship since 1988. In the last 58 years, the Dodgers have had one full-season world championship.
I don’t understand why “Fire Roberts” is so popular, and we never hear, “Fire Andrew Friedman.” Friedman constructs the team. Roberts only works with the players given to him by the Dodger front office — and this year, he did a phenomenal job.
Of the other 3,000 fans who voted in the poll on Twitter from Dodgers Nation, nearly half of them approve of the job Dave Roberts did this season.
