When it comes to the hot seat this season, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman is sitting atop a throne made of ice.
It honestly doesn’t matter what the Los Angeles Dodgers do this season. Because superstar Shohei Ohtani’s contract has an opt-out clause if either Friedman or controlling owner Mark Walter leaves the team, Friedman isn’t going anywhere.
That said, ESPN’s national baseball reporter Buster Olney believes manager Dave Roberts should be watching the flames beneath his chair. If the season is deemed a failure, Roberts could be the one out of a job — it surely won’t be Friedman.