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#los-angeles-dodgers

Driver began coaching after the end of his collegiate career, beginning his journey with the University of Puget Sound, for whom he played three years of college baseball. He then flipped between Central Washington University and Puget Sound before switching coasts to serve as a catching coach at Yale University. He got his first job in the major leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2018, and stayed there through the 2019 season before he joined the Chicago Cubs in 2020.

NBCUniversal's agreement with MLB secured a package that includes the return of Sunday Leadoff on Peacock, Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts and all four Wild Card Series of the postseason. The partnership additionally will bring a slate of regular season and postseason games to NBC's broadcast channel, new NBC Sports' cable network (NBCSN) and Peacock's streaming service. Sunday Night Baseball will continue to be the only MLB game scheduled that night, like when ESPN had the television rights.

The team did lose former first base coach Clayton McCullough, who was named manager of the Miami Marlins after the 2024 season. McCullough was replaced by Chris Woodward, who returned to the Dodgers organization in 2023 after a stint as manager of the Texas Rangers. It appears the Dodgers are losing another member of their coaching staff to the Marlins as catching coordinator Craig Driver is set to be named Miami's new first base coach, via Craig Mish of SportsGrid:

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The Los Angeles Dodgers greeted their fans at the tail end of their championship parade on Nov. 3, and virtually every player who grabbed the microphone atop a makeshift stage at Dodger Stadium expressed the same goal: Three-peat. Only two franchises, the Oakland Athletics of the early 1970s and the New York Yankees of the late 1990s, have won three consecutive World Series titles since Major League Baseball introduced divisional play in 1969.

On Nov. 15, 1988, Kirk Gibson was named the National League MVP after his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The award capped off a celebratory season for Gibson and the Dodgers, who unexpectedly defeated the Oakland Athletics in five games to win the World Series. Knee and hamstring injuries limited Gibson to just one game - one at-bat - in the 1988 World Series, though he certainly made it count.

They could also just run back what they did with their outfield last winter, seeking a stopgap option or turning to even some internal choices, according to multiple people familiar with the team's thinking. Among the options: Ryan Ward, who the Dodgers surprisingly added to their 40-man roster last week after a torrid offensive season at Triple-A Oklahoma City.

The MLB free agent class for relief pitchers got stronger with longtime Tampa Bay Rays closer Pete Fairbanks joining the group after the team declined to pick up his 2026 option worth $11 million. The right-hander is coming off another solid season as he went 4-5 with a 2.83 ERA, 3.63 FIP, 1.04 WHIP and 27 saves in 60.1 innings pitched across 61 appearances. Fairbanks is part of a talented class of relievers that includes Edwin Díaz, Robert Suárez, Raisel Iglesias, Ryan Helsley, Kenley Jansen and Kyle Finnegan, among others.

After dealing with right ankle trouble over the last two seasons, Tommy Edman is scheduled to undergo surgery next week in effort to find a solution for the nagging injury. Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes shared news of Edman's impending surgery during the general managers meetings in Las Vegas. It was an outcome Edman himself left open the possibility for when asked about his ankle during the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are less than two weeks removed from becoming back-to-back World Series champions, but the front office is already facing multiple roster questions heading into 2026. Chief among them is the continued void in left field. The Dodgers faced a similar dilemma last season and attempted to address it by signing Michael Conforto to a one-year, $17 million contract.

One of the narratives emerging from the World Series (notably in Canada) is that the better team didn't necessarily win the World Series. Some fans are right to point out that the Dodgers won the World Series despite not really breaking out the offensive lumber. In fact, for all of Shohei Ohtani's greatness, he only hit .217 if you strip out his otherworldly performance in Game 3.