The LA Times ordered a major overhaul of the LA Dodgers on the 14th (Korean time). It fully reflected the angry public sentiment over the reality that despite winning more than 100 regular season games five times in the eight years since Manager Dave Roberts took office in 2016, the team has never won a World Series in that season.

Since taking office in 2016, Coach Roberts has won more than 100 games five times over the past eight years, and led the team to victory in the National League West Division seven times, excluding 2021. However, the only World Series victory was in 2020, which was a shortened season. Even though he won more than 100 games for the past three consecutive years, he did not even reach the World Series threshold.

In fact, under coach Roberts, the Dodgers' combined postseason record is 45 wins and 39 losses. It's not a terrible win rate. However, it is true that it is inferior to the spectacular regular season. In particular, the theory of responsibility for the vain collapse in the division series for the last two years in a row is growing. This is because the Dodgers are not behind the San Diego Padres last year and the Arizona Diamondbacks this year.

In particular, this season, the Dodgers experienced the humiliation of not winning even a single postseason game for the first time since Manager Roberts took office. The starting lineup was in complete disarray and went out of business. Accordingly, the American media points out that the Dodgers must unconditionally recruit a special starting pitcher in the upcoming free agent market. We also considered the reality that even if we recruit Shohei Ohtani, the biggest player of all time, he will not be able to use him as a pitcher next year.

The LA Times did not shy away from harsh criticism. “Coach Roberts proved to be a capable coach during the season. “But given their postseason record, maybe now is the time to get a relief team of coaches for the postseason.”

He added, “It is time to say goodbye to Clayton Kershaw and Max Muncy, as well as President Andrew Friedman and Coach Roberts. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith need to stay and young players need to be brought in. And he said, “Please sign two pitchers.” FA Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Ohtani were selected as two candidates.

“They collapsed once again in October,” the LA Times said. A great season came to an abrupt end. “Right now, saying ‘wait until next year’ doesn’t sound very attractive to lifelong fans.” Coach Roberts is currently in the first season of a three-year contract. He is under contract through the 2025 season. No movement of the Dodgers leadership is detected.