{"id":27146,"date":"2025-02-19T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27146"},"modified":"2025-02-19T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T04:00:57","slug":"breaking-dave-roberts-hints-at-andy-pages-james-outmans-fate-with-dodgers-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27146","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BREAKING: Dave Roberts Hints at Andy Pages &#038; James Outman\u2019s Fate with Dodgers in 2025!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have a good problem on their hands. They have too much talent and not enough playing time.<\/p>\n<p>That puts manager\u00a0Dave Roberts in a difficult position when it comes to determining who makes the big league out of spring training and who has to start the year in Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the first two names that come to mind are\u00a0James Outman\u00a0and\u00a0Andy Pages, who on any other major league roster, they would have a job, they would be certain to get 400, 500 plate appearnaces,\u201d<br \/>\nRoberts said. \u201cKik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez is a guy that certainly we value but the opportunities with us it has to be sacrifice and for me, my job is to make sure our guys stay on board with being ready when called upon knowing that the most important thing is us winning baseball games.\u00a0<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-613\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuys will get an opportunity because at some point in time meritocracy, merit matters but when you have a roster that\u2019s arguably the most talented roster in history one through 40, playing time is hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1891548542474518880&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com%2Fdodgers-dave-roberts-appears-to-reveal-andy-pages-james-outman-fate-for-2025%2F2025%2F02%2F18%2F&amp;sessionId=8182bb2383dc485c666f8437f89499e801a77ace&amp;siteScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1891548542474518880\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Neither Outman nor Pages is a lock to make the big league roster this season after both have seen significant playing time at the\u00a0MLB\u00a0level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\">\n<p>Outman debuted with the Dodgers in 2022 but his rookie season the following year is what gave him the starting center field job. 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