Managers typically come and go pretty often in MLB. But Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is heading into his 10th season with the organization in 2025, and the Dodgers plan to keep him around for awhile.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provides an update on Mookie Betts, who isn’t playing in the first two games of the Dodgers’ 2025 season due to an illness. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts has an illness and won't play in the Tokyo Series; the odds for the Dodgers game has changed due to his absence.

But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday handled any jitters they had quite well, delivering in clutch moments as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, in Major League Baseball’s season opener.