LOS ANGELES -- National League Manager of the Year Dave Roberts, after being honored Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council for his leadership, said that with the Monday acquisition of second baseman Logan Forsythe and a healthy roster, the 2017 Dodgers should be better than the version that finished 2016.
"I think the continuity we have going into '17 -- with the hope of better health, with a full year of Rich Hill, the transition of Kenta Maeda -- there's a lot of variables that point to us being even better," Roberts said after a City Hall appearance as part of the "Dodgers Love L.