Dodgers at ‘One-Yard Line’ With Contract Extension for Dave Roberts
March 7, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are close to locking up an instrumental figure in their 2024 World Series championship who’s eligible for free agency at the end of the season.
Manager Dave Roberts told reporters Friday in Phoenix that he and the Dodgers are “at the one-yard line” negotiating a deal that will keep Roberts in Los Angeles beyond the 2025 season.
Dave Roberts on the status of his contract extension:
“We’re at the one-yard line … Things are looking good. I’m optimistic. This is where I want to be, so I’m excited that things are getting done.”
— Jack Harris (@ByJackHarris) March 7, 2025
“Things are looking good,” Roberts told reporters, including Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times. “I’m optimistic. This is where I want to be, so I’m excited that things are getting done.”
Manager Dave Roberts #30 of the Los Angeles Dodgers talks to Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 before a pitching change during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch on February 20, 2025 in… Manager Dave Roberts #30 of the Los Angeles Dodgers talks to Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 before a pitching change during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch on February 20, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona.
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According to Harris, Roberts and the Dodgers were believed to have been discussing a four-year contract structure earlier this spring.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported that the deal is expected to be done by Wednesday, when the team travels to Japan for their season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs.
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