Maverick Dave Roberts keeps the pressure on the Dodgers and sends a message to Shohei Ohtani and his teammates

The 2024 season was very special for the , as after securing a multi-million dollar deal with Japanese star Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers won the World Series by defeating the New York Yankees in five games.

Beyond having a team with players who played at the highest level in every regular season and postseason game, from the outside the Dodgers look like one big family, where everyone takes responsibility, making them the strongest candidate to repeat the title in MLB.

Dave Roberts trusts his players to win back-to-back championships

The team’s manager, Dave Roberts, said his players have the same hunger as last year, and he is confident that the Dodgers can take on the role of favorites and repeat the feat in 2024.

“They’re excited to face us again and we know we have to aim at our backs and we’ll be ready to take control, take ownership and repeat as champions,” Roberts said.

For now, the Californian team’s manager already knows what it takes for players to offer their best performance and dedication, and he has enough confidence in them to achieve something that has never been done in the franchise’s history, which is to become back-to-back World Series champions.

While the Dodgers did land one of the biggest contracts of the offseason by signing Japanese pitching star Roki Sasaki, they were one of the lower ranked teams in terms of player trades.

The Dodgers only traded three players, but Roberts made sure all of his players are excited to represent the franchise.

While the rest of the Major League Baseball teams are still in the process of putting together a contending team, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a clear objective and are already working towards repeating their title.

The Dodgers’ powerful starting rotation

The team that the Dodgers have this year, especially their starting pitching rotation, can make any manager confident of winning the World Series, including Sasaki, along with his compatriots Ohtani and Yamamoto. In addition to Kirby Yates, Blake Snell and Tanner Scott, and the expected return of Clayton Kershaw.

Despite being the team with some of the most important players, Roberts knows they are not unbeatable, so he works hard to get his players to take on the challenge and responsibility to give the team a second consecutive title in the Fall Classic.