What’s Next: Where Dodgers, Mets Go From Here After Edwin Díaz Joins Reigning Champs

ORLANDO, Fla. — On Monday afternoon, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expressed confidence in the Dodgers’ roster as constructed and insisted “there’s really no big splash” the team needed to make.  But he also left the door open.  “I think that getting a high-leverage reliever is never a bad thing,” Roberts said.  Less than twenty-four hours later,…

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Will Ohtani Pitch For Japan At World Baseball Classic? Roberts ‘Hoping He Doesn’t’

Admitting participation by Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki in the World Baseball Classic is “very delicate” following a World Series that stretched into November, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn’t sure whether any limits will be placed on his team’s Japanese stars. Ohtani had elbow surgery in September 2023 and returned to…

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