“We will win the World Series this year. Put it on record.”
It seems Roberts wanted to make a statement to his team and to the rest of the baseball world that the Dodgers’ expectations are sky-high entering 2022. And he has good reason.
Roberts won the title with the Dodgers in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, then finished one game behind the Giants for the division crown and MLB’s best record. Los Angeles beat the Giants in a tense five-game divisional series before the Braves knocked them out in six games in the NLCS. The Dodgers responded by signing the face of the Braves, first baseman Freddie Freeman, to a six-year, $162 million contract in free agency after losing shortstop Corey Seager to the Rangers. They also won’t have 2021 midseason pitching acquisition Max Scherzer, who was lights-out for them after arriving from Washington last fall. Trea Turner, who they acquired alongside Scherzer, is expected to take Seager’s spot at short.
The Giants, like they did last season, have taken a less star-studded approach to building their 2022 roster as president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi has focused on shoring up the rotation — re-signing Anthony DeSclafani and Alex Wood while adding Alex Cobb and Carlos Rondón — and creating a flexible group of position players to match up against a variety of opponents.
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