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00:00 Is this Dave Roberts' best year as the manager of the Dodgers?
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00:10 The Dodgers were not expected to be this good this season.
00:13 With all the roster turnover, with all the loss of veteran leaders, this team was supposed
00:17 to take a step back.
00:19 The youth movement was supposed to be a transition year and take a couple years for the Dodgers
00:23 to get back to dominant NL West status.
00:25 With the San Diego Padres loading up in the offseason, it seemed like it was their division
00:29 to lose.
00:30 However, Dave Roberts said not so fast.
00:32 Roberts did a great job of implementing the young guys with the new veterans and infusing
00:36 that into the culture that the team already had established last year.
00:40 Many players have said that this has been by far the most fun year playing for the Dodgers
00:43 and Roberts is a big reason why.
00:45 The Dodgers cruised to an NL West title for the 10th time in the last 11 years and clinched
00:50 a postseason berth much earlier than expected.
00:53 Despite all the injuries and despite all the off the field issues, it was this Dodgers
00:56 team who has consistently been one of, if not the best teams in baseball.
01:00 While Dave Roberts is not going to win the NL Manager of the Year award this year, he
01:03 deserves some serious praise for what he was able to do.
01:06 Not many managers would have been able to infuse the youth and the veterans into one
01:10 cohesive team, but Roberts did it with ease en route to yet another NL West title.
01:15 Now Roberts doesn't care about that NL Manager of the Year award.
01:17 The only thing that matters to him and this team is another ring on their fingers come
01:21 the end of the 2023 season.
01:23 While this team may not have felt talented enough to do it going into the year, they
01:26 have proven time and time again that they can beat anyone and they have a real shot
01:30 at winning the World Series this season.
01:32 For all the latest Dodgers news, head over to DodgersNation.com and InsideTheDodgers.com
01:36 and make sure to follow me on Twitter @NoahCampers.