Overview
- At the Winter Meetings, Roberts repeated that he favors a salary cap only if paired with a spending floor to force lower-payroll teams to spend, a stance the MLBPA opposes.
- He emphasized the comment is solely his opinion and said he does not expect it to distract or strain relationships with players.
- Roberts declared the Dodgers would “dominate” regardless of future financial frameworks after winning back-to-back World Series titles.
- He signaled a quiet offseason by saying there is no need for a major free‑agent splash and that the team could largely run it back in 2026.
- Regarding the World Baseball Classic, Roberts said he hopes Shohei Ohtani does not pitch and plans to discuss workload parameters with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Rōki Sasaki.