Los Angeles Dodgers legend Orel Hershiser sat down with Dodgers Nation to talk about how the organization responds to its disappointing loss.
What Hershiser sees from the Dodgers organization
The Dodgers, as everyone knows, were bounced out after getting punched square in the teeth by a Milwaukee Brewers team that acted like a buzzsaw.
To varying degrees, the Dodgers have always punched back during their current dynasty, putting up a fight in every series.
Still, after postseason series after postseason series over the last seven years, going deep into October, LA seemingly ran out of gas.
The 2026 season is now well in the rearview mirror, and all the focus is on 2027, with Hershiser seeing a reinvigorated franchise, starting from the top with Andrew Friedman.
“It’s interesting when you talk to people within the team and the industry who are part of the Dodgers organization; there’s a competitiveness that oozes out of them,” Hershiser said to Dodgers Nation’s Noel Sanchez.
“So when [Andrew Friedman] says he welcomes that, he’s using that as fuel. And if that fuel is at the top, that fuel is going to filter down to Dave Roberts and the coaching staff and the other people, the scouts and all the people in the minor leagues and the young players and the players like Freddy Freeman and Mookie Betts and Max. So I don’t worry about that.”
As Hershiser notes, the Dodgers’ trend is to keep looking for ways to upgrade and change, and after a letdown season, there may be more willingness to shake up some of the more stable parts of the roster to raise the team’s floor and ceiling.
Will the Dodgers’ owners invest in changes?
Hershiser sees ownership continuing to be aggressive, empowering the front office to explore all avenues and decide what needs to be done.
“The great thing about the Dodgers is that you have ownership willing to go for it. There are other parts of baseball, I think, that the owners are in it as a business. The Dodgers are in it to win,” The Bulldog told Dodgers Nation.
Looking ahead, the Dodgers have a big decision to make on Tarik Skubal, weighing how hard they compete with the Mets and exploring possible trades to add younger blood to the lineup or open paths to promotion from their farm system.
Herisher is confident the team will put their best foot forward, and with just a few weeks until the lockout, the Dodgers’ next moves may be just what fans want.
